Sherif Evaluation

The study is high in ecological validity as it is based on a summer camp and involves activities commonly carried out in these camps
Can be applied to real life by helping reduce prejudice between groups in society through the use of superordinate goals
Researcher still had some control over the variables, Sherif was able to introduce the element of competition into the study
The study is ethnocentric as participants were all 12 years old and white middle class American boys
1. So generalisation to the American population as a whole is not possible
The participants were unaware they were taking part so could not give their consent or have the right to withdraw
it is vulnerable to extraneous variables as the situation is not carefully controlled
There are less possibility of demand characteristics as pps were unaware they were taking part and are so less likely to act up

Resource summary

	Created by pmfisher1996 over 11 years ago