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| Question | Answer |
| Berkowitz and Geen | film violence and the cue properties of available targets |
| aim | test eliciting cue hypothesis (can reaction be interpreted as aggressive/non aggressive - can they inhibit aggressive responses |
| sample | 88 male Wisconsin uni students |
| method/p | lab exp iv-angered/non angered confederates intro as either kirk or bob aggressive/ non film name mediated association or not |
| electric shocks | ps told exp involved giving/receiving mild shocks and able to withdraw |
| task? | they were given problem solving tasks |
| what happened in the task? | evaluated by peer (confederate) feedback given to p via mild shocks to arm poorer evaluation delivering more shocks |
| what was the feedback method | p confirmed no. of shocks received and then done a q'airre rating mood on 4 scales |
| after completing the q'airre what happened | the p and confederate viewed film |
| what was the genre of film did aggressive group watch | fight scene from Champion with Kirk as main character |
| what type of film did the non aggressive watch? | track race with two men running a mile in under 4 min |
| what confedereate was the attention drawn to? | Kirk |
| the roles were reveresed when confederate was sent to.. | complete problem solving task where participants evaluated and gave feedback via shocks |
| p's were given a FINAL q'airre about.. | how much he liked peer (confederate) |
| the p's debriefed about | deception |
| results: mood rating | 'angered' p's (7 shocks) reported feeling more angry than 'non angered' |
| results: Liking of peer | 'Angered p expressed lower preference for peer as partner |
| results: name mediated association | conf. with aggressive link (kirk) received sig higher shocks than bob the most aggressive response from angered condition had seen aggressive film with 'Kirk' |