PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Long-Term Memory, Sex In Film
11 Nov 2016
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Rational thought affects frustrating experiences, and negative feelings. You can get an aggressive reponse from someone who has never been frustrated. Structure of information in long term memory, the way it is stored: spreading activation networks: storing information related to itself, emotions and behaviours, ex. Show you guns, related things start come up, unconsciously make you behave in a negative way without frustrating you at all, activated concepts associated with aggression. Associationst perspective: associated concepts in long term memory, if concepts are associated with aggressive concepts u act aggressive. Can have a peaceful gathering, someone sends in the riot police and suddenly the peaceful gathering turns violent. Thinks the police showing up with guns, dressed in black activates an aggressive related associated network. Berkowitz on how the mere presence of weapons can affect aggression in the absence of frustration and during frustration.
