THE AGGRESSION -INHIBITING..AND AGGRESSION-FACILITATING INFLUENCE OF HEIGHTENED sExan AROUSAL
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چکیده
Eighty-six undergraduate males participated in an experiment designed to investigate the impact of Various type's of brotio stimai upon aggression. On the basis of previous research, itleas hypothesised thai*Xposure to mild erotic stimuli would tend to inhibit subsequent aggresiion, while exposure ,to more arousing stimuli of this type would facilitate such behavior. In 'order to mains ihis hypothesis, male subjects Were first angered.or.treated in a more, neutral manner by a confederatepf the experimenter, and then provided with an opportunity to,aggress against this person by meanslof electric Shock. Before aggressing, participants were exposed :to one of five differ-. ent types of stimuli; nonerotic pictures of furniture, sdentry, and abstract ') art; pictures of sami-nude,females; piet es of nude febalee; pictures of . coupled engaged in various acts of loveking; or explibit erotic passages. Results offered support for ihe major thesis.
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