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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 199: The Robber’s Cave Experiment
Description: I have always been intrigued by famous social experiments, like the Standford Prison Experiment, and Milgram’s Obedience Experiments, so imagine my pleasure when I came across Gina Perry’s ‘The Lost Boys’ which outlines the Robber’s Cave Experiment. My guess is you haven’t heard of this one before, and that is a shame. The point of the trial was to examine group dynamics, force derision and animosity between two teams of 10 year old boys at a summer camp, then see if they could be brought back together as one unit at the end. Seems simple enough right? Well...