Russell Geen and his colleagues (1975) conducted an experiment in which male par

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Russell Geen and his colleagues (1975) conducted an experiment in
which male participants were angered by a confederate. Angry
participants then either recorded the confederate's errors or shocked
him every time he made an error. Finally, all participants were given
the opportunity to shock the confederate. These researchers found that
contrary to ________, those participants who ________ later delivered
stronger and more frequent shocks to the confederate.

1. frustration-aggression theory predictions; were not angered

2. the catharsis hypothesis; had previously delivered shocks

3.cognitive dissonance predictions; had not previously delivered shocks

4. the catharsis hypothesis; had previously recorded errors

Explanation / Answer

(Answer) (D) catharsis hypothesis – because the subjects who vented out by recording errors should have been calm. However, they complied with the frustration-aggression theory which is contrary to the catharsis hypothesis.

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