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An extension of Buss’s device for measuring human aggression is described, and the status of aggressive response latency as an indicator of aggressive motivation is discussed. An experiment is described in which measures of latency correlated negatively with those of shock intensity, and both discriminated between Ss who were motivated to aggress and those who were not.
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This study was supported by Grant GS-2748 from the National Science Foundation to the senior author.
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Geen, R.G., Stonner, D. An extended apparatus for measuring aggression in humans. Behav. Res. Meth. & Instru. 3, 197–198 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208134
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208134