feeling you experience when trying to achieve something but their are barriers either real or imaginary
factors that affect likelihood of aggression occurring
proximity to the goal- close to reaching
wether aggression will remove the barrier causing frustration- shouting at someone else
hypothesis
if attempt to achieve a goal is blocked by some external factor we experience frustration creating an aggressive drive
aggression not always expressed at source of frustration
cause is abstract e.g economy, govt
cause is to powerful and risk punishment e.g a teacher
cause is unavailable at the time e.g teacher left before you realised your grade
presence of aggressive cues
Berkowitzfrustration creates a readiness for aggression, the presence if aggressive cues in environment make acting upon this more likely e.g seeing a knife, gun
strengths
weapon cue effect- electricshocks made more aggressive behaviour
geen et als found that insulted partipants gave highest shocks
weakness
aggression not always prompted by frustration e.g in a threatening situation may choose to fight rather than flight aggression is survival not frustration
not everyone who is frustrated react with aggression- may feel upset
