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define social psychology?
to do with
feelings
,
thoughts
,
beliefs
,
intentions
&
goals
that are
constructed
how they influence our
interaction
with
others
looks at human
behaviour
which is influenced by other
people
&
social
context
who proposed the frustation-aggression hypothesis?
dollard 1939
frustration aggression hypothesis?
aggression is a
consequence
of feelings of
frustration
always
caused by
frustration
frustration is a
feeling
we experience when we are working
towards
goal
& theres
barriers
that
prevent
you from doing it
which approach is this explanation based on?
psychodynamic
-
aggression
is a
drive
2 factors affecting whether aggression occurs?
proximity
if
frustration
can be
justified
or not
explain proximity?
if person is very close to
achieving
their
goal
-
aggression
more likely to be
greater
explain justification?
if
frustration
can be
justified
-
aggression
is more likely to be
lower
green 1968?
gave
male uni students
task of completing
jigsaw puzzle
after they had to give
electric
shock
to
confederate
every time they made
mistake
on
another task
how did green manipulate level of frustration?
puzzle
was
impossible
to complete
ran out
of time to complete as
confederate
student kept
interfering
confederate insulted
student as they
failed
to solve puzzle
control group -
no frustration
green 1968 findings?
those who were
insulted
- gave strongest
electric
shock -
interfered
-
impossible
all
3
groups selected
more
intense
shocks than
control
shows that
high
levels of
frustration
cause individual to be more
aggressive
- more
frustrated
-
more
aggressive
to
confederate
link green 1968 to factors?
those
closer
to finishing
puzzle
-
higher
levels of
frustration
&
aggression
- more
proximity
to
goal
condition 3 -
unjustified comments
so more likely to
shock
them
3 * of frustration-aggression hypothesis?
evidence to support from
harris
1974
evidence to support from
pastore
1952
-
justification
evidence to support from
przybylski
2 X of frustration-aggression hypothesis?
too
simplistic
not all types of
frustration
causes
aggression
* evidence from harris?
had
confederates
push
in front of people
ques
in shops
found that if person was
closer
to
front
of que were
more
likely
to respond in
aggressive
way tha if they were
towards
back
shows
aggression
is
result
of
frustration
& due to
proximity
of
goal
theyre more
closer
to
goal
evidence to support from pastore?
gave p series pf
situation
to
rate
how
aggressive
they would feel in
included situations such as
waiting
for
bus
& see it
drive
straight past
found p were more
angrier
&
aggressive
in responses when situations were
frustrating
when
justified
p rated themselves
lower
-
less
aggressive than when left
unjustified
shows
aggression
is result of
frustration
& due to
justification
less likely to be
aggressive
* evidence to support from przybylski?
p invited to take part in study about
video games
before
playing - place hands in
ice cold
bath of
water
-
25s
were told this
length
of time was determined by
earlier
p -
untrue
given game of
tetris
to play - half
regular
- half
bastet
after p had to
decide
how
long
next p had to
submerge
hand in ice water for
found those who played
bastet
-
longer
punishments
by
mean
10s
neither game was
violent
yet aggression
increased
in bastet version
shows
aggression
is result of
frustration
as p gave
longer
punishments
when they played more
frustrated
game of tetris
X too simplistic?
there are
individual
differences
in aggression that cant be accounted for by this hypothesis
many
people are
frustrated
daily
yet they do not end up becoming
aggressive
suggests may be
other
factors
that cause
aggression
in some people but not in others
genetic
- people become aggressive as they have
inherited defective MAOA-L gene
- less serotonin broken down
does
not
explain why an
aggressive
response
is
not
universal
shows must be
another
better
explanation
X not all types of frustration causes aggression?
research has shown that
aggression
only occur with
unjustified
reasons not
justified
eg if theres
legitimate
reason behind frustration you are
less
likely
to be
aggressive
compared to
unjustified
frustration
not
all frustration
causes
aggression
so there must be
other
factors
affecting
aggression
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