In Robber's Cave the experimenters delibarately antagonsed the kids. More importantly, the researcher tried this experiment before Robber's Cave, failed to antagonise the groups and buried the results.
I'm with Cremieux that Robber's Cave shouldn't be taken too seriously:
The military is an existing institution that provides one kind of surrogate family, and the training definitely aims instil these levels of mutual responsibility and loyalty. You’re automatically around people of a similar mindset, and you definitely get to use some pretty great amenities! There’s some obvious downsides, of course.
Robber's Cave experiment suggests maybe not much more than creating the groups would be necessary
In Robber's Cave the experimenters delibarately antagonsed the kids. More importantly, the researcher tried this experiment before Robber's Cave, failed to antagonise the groups and buried the results.
I'm with Cremieux that Robber's Cave shouldn't be taken too seriously:
https://www.cremieux.xyz/p/the-vast-emptiness-of-social-psychology#:~:text=In%20nature%20and%20tribes%2C%20cooperation%20breaks%20down%20and%20good%20people%20do%20evil.
forced to be on good... terms?
The military is an existing institution that provides one kind of surrogate family, and the training definitely aims instil these levels of mutual responsibility and loyalty. You’re automatically around people of a similar mindset, and you definitely get to use some pretty great amenities! There’s some obvious downsides, of course.