Effects of viewing real versus fantasy violence upon interpersonal aggression |
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Authors: | Margaret Hanratty Thomas Phillip M Tell |
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Institution: | Florida Technological University USA |
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Abstract: | Of 96 male undergraduates, one-third saw a violent film which they were told represented a real event, one-third saw the same film presented as a fictional event, and the remaining subjects saw no film. One-half of the subjects in each group had been attacked previously by a confederate while the others had not. Each subject was then given an opportunity to aggress against the confederate by administering shocks to him as punishment in a learning task. Results indicate that subjects who observed real violence delivered stronger shocks to the confederate than subjects who viewed fantasy violence or saw no film. Subjects who were angered and saw the real film were the most punitive toward the confederate. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to Margaret H Thomas Department of Psychology Florida Technological University Box 25000 Orlando FL 32816 |
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