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In this video I discuss Muzafer Sherif's well-known field experiment on the reduction of group conflict conducted at Robbers Cave State Park in Oklahoma. In this study, two groups of boys, the Eagles and the Rattlers, were put into competition and conflict in order to create group hostility, then researchers attempted to reduce the tension between the groups. The results weakened support for contact theory and suggested that superordinate goals were effective for reducing hostilities and improving group relations.

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