PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Information Processing, Mental Chronometry
6 Nov 2017
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Association perspective cont: post-1967 research, replicated many times using different cues and outcome measures, why? typical searchfindign is increased aggression regardless of anger statere, cue primes the mental network. The weapons-as-primes hypothesis: anderson et al 1998, semantic priming technique, have people sit at computer, show them priming word, show them a target word (what you want them to react to) If you prime someone with a word, they should react quickly to words associated with it: e. g. prime: gun,, target: hostility, semantic priming technique. Iv: prime stimulus (weapons vs animals, target word (aggressive vs nonaggressive, dv, reaction time (rt) to target words, results, weapons, aggressive significantly faster than when primed with an animal, non aggressive: ns for animal and weapon. Summary: aggression has both rational and irrational components. It is controllable, space for thought: when studying, think about each theory/experiment adds to the frustration- aggression hypothesis and why.
