Individual differences in aggressive responses to attack: Internal-external locus of control and field dependence-independence |
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Authors: | H.A Dengerink,M.R O Leary,K.H Kasner |
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Affiliation: | 1. Seattle Veterans Administration Hospital USA;2. University of Washington School of Medicine USA |
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Abstract: | Two experiments assessed the effect of individual differences on aggression. In both studies subjects were exposed to opponents in the competitive reaction time task who decreased the intensity of their attack from high to low, remained constantly moderate in their attack, or increased the intensity of their attack from low to high. In the first experiment Internal Locus of Control subjects consistently set high intensity shocks in response to high intensity attack and low shocks in response to mild attack. External subjects showed relatively minor variations in their aggressive responses to varying intensities of attack. In the second experiment field-independent subjects set more intense shocks than field-dependent subjects only in the Decreasing attack condition. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to H. A. Dengerink Department of Psychology Washington State University Pullman WA 99163. |
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