The work of Tajfel and Turner wanted to move away from the dominant experimental position which they believed lacked validity as it took no account of intergroup relations in a social context or considered any broader cultural and historical factors. ... The groups were decided on trivial performance criteria and assigned to groups on the basis of the outcome. Ingroup and outgroup members were unanimous except for a group code and a number. The results showed that even though the groups were purely cognitive, in group favouritism occurred in relation to the allocation of money, as did outgroup...

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