Sherif planned a disruption of the water supply in a camp in order to observe how social relationships are influenced by

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Sherif's research on the Robbers Cave experiment looked at how cooperation between two previously hostile groups could improve when they had a common goal, or superordinate goal, such as having to work together to fix the disrupted water supply. This suggests that social relationships are influenced by superordinate goals rather than ingroup bias, group polarization, or the mere exposure effect.

Sherif Planned a Disruption of the Water Supply in a Camp