Frustration-aggression hypothesis
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- Created on: 13-02-18 20:59
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- Frustration-aggression hypothesis
- Frustration is cause of agg.
- Dollard et al - prevented from getting what you want. (catharsis)
- Brown et al - more motivation = more F. We expect instant gratification.
- Justified + unjustified agg.
- Pastore - unjustified -> anger + F. Asked ppts how they would feel in situations - justified F led to lower anger levels.
- Geen - male uni students to complete jigsaw. 1) impossible 2) confederate interferes 3) confederate insulted ppts.
- Ppts gave shocks to confederate when mistake made on a task. (3) gave strongest shocks, then (2), then (1). All selected more intense shocks than control group.
- Displaced aggression
- Driven to be agg to object of F. Usually impossible / inappropriate.
- Dollard - agg should be displaced to something else - scapegoat needed for catharsis.
- Bushman - ppts who vented by hitting a punching bag became MORE agg. Doing NOTHING was more effective.
- Key concept of F-A H. Findings should be used for other forms of therapy eg. breathing + counting to 10
- !Kung San tribe discourage agg beh - reputation diminished. Yanomamo tribe need agg to be accepted. SLT explains CULTURE BIAS
- RWA - mass killings. Usually rooted in F caused by socio-economic difficulties. Scapegoats found, discriminated against + agg. caused.
- eg. Jews for Germans in WW2
- BUT they vented and kept being angry - agg should have gone away
- ALT EXP - genetics (diathesis-stress). MAOA-L gene inc agg. Frustration in environment triggers MAOA-L activity?
- why some people are F + not agg.
- Frustration is cause of agg.
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