A high school divides its new intake of students randomly into 'Red House' and 'Blue House' for administrative purposes. Within weeks, teachers notice that students from the Red House are showing prejudice and hostility towards members of the Blue House, despite never having competed against them.
Discuss how Tajfel's (1970) Minimal Group Paradigm research can be used to explain this behaviour, and evaluate this research.
171 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Theories of obedience, Research into obedience (Milgram variations), Factors affecting obedience and dissent, Explanations and research into prejudice, Factors affecting prejudice, Individual differences in obedience/prejudice, and Developmental psychology in obedience/prejudice. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.