There were no intrinsic differences between the groups of boys in psychologist Muzafer Sherif's Robbers Cave experiments. Rather than being racially or ethnically diverse, the boys were all white, middle class, Protestant, and psychologically well adjusted.

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The Robbers Cave experiment was designed to study intergroup conflict and cooperation, and the participants were deliberately selected to be similar in background to control for extraneous variables.

There Were No Intrinsic Differences Between the Groups of Boys