Psychology 3720F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Psych, Experimental Literature, Social Exclusion
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Frustration-aggression hypothesis states that frustration increases the likelihood of any aggressive response. A suggestion has been that the presence of an aggression related cues in the immediate environment promotes aggression by increasing the accessibility of aggressive thoughts which enhance the likelihood of an aggressive response. Berkowitz and lepage: demonstrated that angered participants acted more aggressive in the presence of a badminton racket over in a no object control condition. The psychological mechanism underlying the impact of aggressive cues on aggressive cognitions and behaviour is referred to as priming. Primes are stimuli that activate specific mental concepts which in turn feed into subsequent judgements and behaviours. Anderson, benjamin and bartholow: showed that exposure to weapon primes does indeed enhance the accessibility of aggression related cognitions, even in individuals not previously frustrated or angered. Bargh and pietromonaco: exposed their participants to subliminally presented word lists in which 0, 20 or.