In Muzafer Sherif's research with 11-year-old boys at a summer camp in Robber's Cave, it was found that ____ tended to increase prejudice, while ____ tended to reduce it.
A) competition; superordinate goals
B) increased contact; superordinate goals
C) superordinate goals; increased contact
D) competition; increased contact

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Sherif's Robber's Cave experiment demonstrated that competition between groups increased prejudice, while working towards superordinate goals, which required cooperation between groups, reduced prejudice.

In Muzafer Sherif's Research with 11-Year-Old Boys at a Summer