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Citation |
Haner CF, Brown PA. J. Abnorm. Soc. Psychol. 1955; 51(2): 204-206. |
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(Copyright © 1955, American Psychological Association) |
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Abstract |
30 grade school children were placed in a pseudo-game situation where the E could thwart the S at any desired distance from the goal without the S realizing the arbitrary nature of the thwarting. The S is aware of distance to the goal at all times. A measure of an aggressive expression of frustration is made by determining the force S uses to push a plunger to silence a buzzer which sounds at the end of the trial. The findings seem to suggest that proximity to the goal at which frustration occurs will affect the resultant aggression. "However, the results are neither predictable nor explicable unless instigation to action is conceived of as a joint function of drive and habit strength." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved) |