PSYCH253 Lecture : PSYCH 253 Lesson 4 AGRESSION

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH253
• Professor: Steve Spencer

Document Summary

*aggression is first targeted against agent that is blocking the goal. *if that is not possible aggression is often displaced. *anger is an emotional reaction that readies people to aggress. *if there is an aggressive cue, frustrated people will aggress. *children watched an adult beat up on a bobo doll. *later they were given the opportunity to play with a number of toys including the bobo. *measured the amount of violent video games that people played. *session 2 - played wolfenstein 3d or myst. *then did a reaction time task that when won you get to blast your opponent with noise.