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The Lost Boys: Inside Muzafer Sherif's Robbers Cave Experiment
Contributor(s): Perry, Gina (Author)

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ISBN: 1947534602     ISBN-13: 9781947534605
Publisher: Scribe Us
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Social Psychology
- Biography & Autobiography | Social Scientists & Psychologists
- Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
Dewey: 302.34
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" L (0.90 lbs) 384 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 01/14/2019
Booklist 03/01/2019 pg. 6
Library Journal 03/01/2019 pg. 137
 
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An investigative history of one of social psychology's classic--and most controversial--studies: the Robbers Cave experiment

In 1954, a group of American boys attended a remote summer camp where they were split into two groups, and encouraged to bully, harass, and demonize each other. The results would make history as one of social psychology's classic studies, and one of the most controversial: the Robbers Cave experiment.

Conducted at the height of the Cold War, the experiment officially had a happy ending: the boys reconciled, and psychologist Muzafer Sherif demonstrated that while hatred and violence are powerful forces, so too are cooperation and harmony. Today it is proffered as proof that under the right conditions warring groups can make peace. Yet the true story of the experiments is far more complex, and more chilling.

In The Lost Boys, Gina Perry explores the experiment and its consequences, tracing the story of Sherif, a troubled outsider who struggled to craft an experiment that would vanquish his personal demons. Drawing on both on archival material and new interviews with the subjects, now in their 70s and none aware that the summer camps they'd attended had in fact been experimental ruses, Perry pieces together a story of drama, mutiny, and intrigue that has never been told before.


Contributor Bio(s): Perry, Gina: - Gina Perry is an Australian writer. Her feature articles, columns, and essays have been published in The Age and The Australian, and her short fiction has been published in a number of literary magazines, including Meanjin, Westerly, and Island. Her first book, Behind the Shock Machine, was about Stanley Milgram's obedience experiences, and her co-production of the ABC Radio National documentary on the experiments won the Silver World Medal for a history documentary in the 2009 New York Festivals radio award. In 2013 she was a finalist in the UNSW Bragg Prize for Science Writing.
 
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