frustration

Question 1

frustration

Answer 1

• caused by anything that prevents someone from reaching a goal

Question 2

frustration anger hypothesis

Answer 2

• claims that frustration = aggression
• aggression = psychological drive
• frustration = caused by blocked goals

Question 3

catharsis

Answer 3

• emotional release, by the person engaging in aggressive behaviour
• satisfies aggression , further aggression not needed

Question 4

displacement of aggression

Answer 4

-can happen if it isn’t possible to behaviour aggressively due to frustration

Question 5

displacement of aggression 3 reasons

Answer 5

1. cause is abstract
2. risk of punishment
3. cause= unavailable

Question 6

justified and unjustified frustration

Answer 6

• pastore 1952
• unjustified aggression = causes more aggression
• found that peoplemsaid they would be more angry if they found out that a bus they were waiting for simply didnt top than if it didnt stop if it had an out of service sign

Question 7

geen study

Answer 7

• male students, given jigsaw puzzles, frustration levels = manipulated

-impossible to solve = low frustration
-ran out of time bc they were being interrupted = medium frustration
- being insulted as they attempted to do puzzle

then they were told to give shocks to conf when they made a mistake on a. task , insulted pps = gave strongest shocks , then interrupted , then impossible

Question 8

ao3 strength

Answer 8

p- research support regarding displacement

e- Marcus Newhall et al, did meta analysis ,on studies focused on displaced aggression

e- ppl who were provoked = couldn’t show it to cause= more likely to be aggressive to innocent ppl

l- supports predictions of frustration aggression hypothesis as findings = direct line with theories abt displacement

Question 9

ao3 limitation

Answer 9

p- little research supporting catharsis

e- bushman = found behaving aggressively leads to more aggressive behaviour in future

e- contradicts dollard et al- that aggression = reduces arousal = makes ppl less likely to be aggressive

l- predictions of catharsis = taken with caution , validity of predictions been questioned by research

Question 10

ao3 strength

Answer 10

p- explains mass killings

e- staub , mass killings = due to frustration caused by socioeconomic, leads to scapegoating, and aggression towards scapegoat

e- goldhagen , ordinary germans condoned violence towards jews after ww1 , seeing them as the reasons for germanys loss

l- widespread aggression = violent consequences for a scapegoat, esp when manipluated by propaganda, supports theory

Question 11

ao3 real world

Answer 11

p- can explain violent behaviour in football fans

e- priks , swedish football teams league position = measure of frustration, the number of objects thrown = measure of aggression

e- found = team performed worse = threw more objects on pitch, more likely to fight with opposition fans

l- fans= more aggressive when frustration at performance of team, supports theory, supports theory