In a televised "social experiment" by the local television network, 12 people-six white and six African American-were asked to live together for one week. They varied in their level of prejudice; however, those with low levels of prejudice became less prejudiced, while those with high levels became more prejudiced. A psychologist from the university coined this behaviour

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Group polarisation refers to the phenomenon in which group members' initial attitudes become more extreme over time as they interact with one another. In this case, it seems that those who had low levels of prejudice became even less prejudiced, while those who had high levels of prejudice became more prejudiced. This suggests that group polarisation may have occurred during the week-long experiment.

In a Televised "Social Experiment" by the Local Television Network