Which of the following was the outcome of Muzafer Sherif's Robber's Cave experiment?
A. children learned to be prejudiced against other children who had brown eyes.
B. two groups of boys first developed prejudices toward each other and then became friends
C. blacks and whites were forced to work together on a common task.
D. conflict between two groups was prevented by tightly controlling the consequences for conflict behavior
Answer: B. two groups of boys first developed prejudices toward each other and then became friends
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