Aggression: frustration aggression hypothesis Flashcards

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Who came up with the Frustrations-aggressio hypothesis?

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Dollard (1939)

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Frustrations-aggression hypothesis

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idea that aggression is caused by frustration over not being able to get what you want

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frustrating situation

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have a particular goal but for some reason cant achieve it

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catharsis

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emotional relief that aggression gives us

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What does aggression do?

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gives us emotional relief (catharsis) from a frustration

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Frustration

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leads to arousal of aggressive drive

leads to aggressive behaviour

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How can aggressive urges be relieved?

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through production of aggressive behavioural

has a catharsis effect on individual

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Pastore (1952)

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suggested aggression is more likely to occur if event causing frustration is unjustified

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Dobbs and Sears (1939)

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PP’s would find it less frustrating for a bus to go by without stopping if ‘not in service’ than a functioning one
PP’s said feel angry if functioning one didn’t stop
shows link between frustration and agg

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Displaced aggression

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not poss to act aggressively towards object of frustration,

so displace aggression and act out against something else

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kicking the dog effect

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displacing aggression onto something that wasn’t the cause of the frustration

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A03: RWA violent sports crowds

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Pricks (2010)

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A03: Pricks

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found sports crowds more violent when their team underperforms
suggests supporters more aggressive when expectations of good performance are frustrated
supports hypothesis

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A03: Staub

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theorised mass killings generally arise from different social conditions which need a scapegoat group to blame
annoyed but cant do anything about it = KDE

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A03: Mass killings and genocide

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Staub (1996)

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A03: mass killings and genocide example

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Germans blaming jews for WW1 loss, and sever economic problems that followed like hyperinflation
Shows widespread frustration = has violent consequences

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A03: criticism: more theoretical than empirical

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Idea of catharsis based on theory not research
Bushman found behaving aggressively can lead to more aggression, not less
contradicts claim catharsis reduced agg

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A03: criticism: deterministic

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ignores free will of a person to veto (reject) their aggressive urge