The boys who participated in the Robbers Cave study were
A)from inner city juvenile delinquent gangs.
B)identified by their teachers as very aggressive.
C)normal,well-adjusted 11-year-old boys.
D)repeatedly reminded by the staff that the other group was the "enemy."
E)not permitted to talk to the other group.

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The study participants were normal, well-adjusted 11-year-old boys who were identified through a screening process based on their similarity in terms of IQ, social class, and physical attributes. They were not from inner city juvenile delinquent gangs (A), not all identified as very aggressive by their teachers (B), not repeatedly reminded that the other group was the "enemy" (D) and were permitted to interact with the other group (E).

The Boys Who Participated in the Robbers Cave Study Were