SAFETYLIT WEEKLY UPDATE

We compile citations and summaries of about 400 new articles every week.
RSS Feed

HELP: Tutorials | FAQ
CONTACT US: Contact info

Search Results

Journal Article

Citation

Turner CW, Berkowitz L. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 1972; 21(2): 256-264.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1972, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/h0032267

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Investigated whether implicit aggressive verbalizations would facilitate aggressive reactions to movie violence in a 3 * 2 design with a total of 78 male undergraduates. In 1 variation, all Ss were made to be angry toward the E's confederate in order to imagine themselves as the movie character who wins the film fight, or as the judge who watches this fighter. Controls were not given any "image self" instructions. For the other variation, 1/2 of the Ss were to press a button every time they saw the film aggressor hit his opponent. Deliberately-provoked Ss, identifying with the fight victor, were more aggressive to the confederate then either Ss taking the role of the judge or controls. Within the group identifying with the film aggressor, the more frequently Ss pushed the button (presumably thinking "hit" each time), the greater the number of shocks they later gave. Responses to the Nowlis Mood Adjective Check List and another questionnaire suggest that the identification with the film aggressor also engendered hostility toward the experiment and E. The role of demand characteristics is discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

NEW SEARCH


All SafetyLit records are available for automatic download to Zotero & Mendeley
Print