The Robber's Cave Experiment

Introduction This paper will be going over the Robber’s Cave Experiment showing how the study demonstrated human behavior and mental processes. I will use some information that I have learned from unit’s 1 through 3 in our text book. It will look at what is meant by nature vs nurture influences and which one or both were seen in this study. This paper will also describe social observation learning and show how or if it was even demonstrated in this study and why and where it was used. The paper will also go over if the research that was done was ethical or unethical and explain why by using APA ethical guidelines.
1. Identify the study (video) you selected: Robber’s Cave Experiment
2. Describe what this study demonstrated about human …show more content…
Both of these have very good points nature being predisposed within their DNA, or nurture the influences of one’s environment or one’s life expectances. We all understand that both play a big role in human development but, we still do not know which one helps more. In the experiment that I choose it would have to be Nurture that showed up the most. This would have to do with it being a controlled experiment because, the people running the experiment made the situations happen to get the reaction they needed. The boys were stuck in an environment where they had to react to the situations of working as a team or against each other to gain the goal. You could say nurture could also be a part of this because how the boys within the group had leaders and a form of hierarchy in it. Did the boys have certain genes that brought out the leadership skills needed to run the group of boys or was it based on the boy’s height and weight that showed them to be the leaders. These genes could have been contributed through genes given to them through relatives. “Today’s psychological science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and …show more content…
The one giving the experiment behavior can have a positive or negative reaction on the models behavior. I believe social observational learning was not present with the observers and was not present with the groups. The observers were never involved in any of the activities they would just create them. But the groups learned and watched the leaders bring the teams together to work as one to accomplish the main goal. In my eyes the only way it would show observational learning would be if the observers belonged on the groups and worked with them, influencing their views and behaviors on the