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Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of parametric manipulations of blocking and winning upon human aggression in a competitive game. Both manipulations affected the number of blocks delivered by subjects, but neither manipulation influenced shocking. The failure to find aggression effects was attributed to the low levels of nonarbitrary frustration produced by the manipulations. Mood data from Experiment 1 confirmed the validity of the shock response in the competition paradigm.
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Hynan, M. T., & Esselman, J. Victims and aggression. Manuscript submitted for publication, 1980.
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All authors participated in the design of Experiment 1. Experiment 2 was part of the masters’ thesis of the second author.
We would like to acknowledge the help of those who served as research assistants: Trilby Arnold, Becky Boone, Eric Constantz, and Judy Esselman.
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Hynan, M., Harper, S., Wood, C. et al. Parametric effects of blocking and winning in a competition paradigm of human aggression. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 16, 295–298 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329547
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