Aggression: frustration aggression hypothesis

Question 1

Who came up with the Frustrations-aggressio hypothesis?

Answer 1

Dollard (1939)

Question 2

Frustrations-aggression hypothesis

Answer 2

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

Question 3

frustrating situation

Answer 3

have a particular goal but for some reason cant achieve it

Question 4

catharsis

Answer 4

emotional relief that aggression gives us

Question 5

What does aggression do?

Answer 5

gives us emotional relief (catharsis) from a frustration

Question 6

Frustration

Answer 6

leads to arousal of aggressive drive

leads to aggressive behaviour

Question 7

How can aggressive urges be relieved?

Answer 7

through production of aggressive behavioural

has a catharsis effect on individual

Question 8

Pastore (1952)

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Dobbs and Sears (1939)

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Displaced aggression

Answer 10

not poss to act aggressively towards object of frustration,

so displace aggression and act out against something else

Question 11

kicking the dog effect

Answer 11

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

Question 12

A03: RWA violent sports crowds

Answer 12

Pricks (2010)

Question 13

A03: Pricks

Answer 13

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

Question 14

A03: Staub

Answer 14

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

Question 15

A03: Mass killings and genocide

Answer 15

Staub (1996)

Question 16

A03: mass killings and genocide example

Answer 16

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

Question 17

A03: criticism: more theoretical than empirical

Answer 17

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

Question 18

A03: criticism: deterministic

Answer 18

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