The Robbers Cave Experiment is viewed as an unethical experiment today. It was conducted by Muzafer Sherif and his wife, Carolyn in 1954. Sherif recruited a group of eleven-year-old boys to a summer camp where he and his wife acted as counselors. The boys were divided into two groups and did not know there was another group until after the first week. The two groups then became in contact through competitive events. At first, when the teams faced each other, they started with verbal abuse. By the next day, they each became more violent. Then, Sherif created issues that would relieve the tension, so the opponents would work together to reach the same goal. Sherif's experiment is considered unethical today due to the deception of being unaware