In 1954, one of the founders of the field of social psychology, Muzafer Sherif, conducted a highly influential study along with his wife, Carolyn Wood Sherif, called the Robbers Cave Experiment. It is a classic study not only on how easily prejudice and hostility form between groups, but on the potential benefits of contact between groups in overcoming prejudice and conflict. This is one of the principles the Dalai Lama had found to be beneficial in his own life.
