CRM/LAW C149 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: English Civil War, Catholic Monarchs, Quentin Skinner
28 Mar 2019
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Undissipated (residual) arousal from prior arousal source transfers to a new stimulus event, amplifying anger and increasing aggression. Prior arousal activation need not be anger specific. Carryover of residual arousal now evokes intensified anger in response to provocation, with elevated physiological arousal. Heightened arousal from amplified anger serves to override inhibitory control. Heightened probability of aggression toward the new and more proximate source of provocation. Experienced as a justified response to some wrong that has been done to the subject. Portrayed in the telling as being something about which anger is quite fitting. Cause of anger -> assigned to discrete, proximal events. Anger is a negatively toned emotion, subjectively experienced as an aroused state of antagonism toward someone or something perceived to be the source of an aversive event. Anger is intrinsically associated with threat sensing, and this is heightened by traumatic experiences, anger is engaged as a survival response in conjunction with perceived talent.
