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A New Way of Seeing

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In 1954, psychologist Muzafer Sherif and his colleagues conducted what is now regarded as one of the most famous experiments concerning the origin and nature of conflict. The researchers invited two dozen boys to a special summer camp at Robbers Cave State Park in Oklahoma.  The boys, who were 11 or 12 years old, were randomly assigned in advance to one… Read more »