Situational pressure, attitudes toward blacks, and laboratory aggression
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Knud S. Larsen
Oregan State University
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Leonard Colen
Oregan State University
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Doug Von Flue
Oregan State University
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Paul Zimmerman
Oregan State University
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- Keywords:
- situational pressure, context, attitudes toward blacks, laboratory aggression
- Abstract
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The importance of the situational context in producing discriminatory behavior cannot he overlooked. This experiment on laboratory aggression investigated the effect of racial attitudes on the willingness to shock a black victim. A second purpose was to compare 2 groups in the shock levels administered to a black or
a white victim. The results showed that attitudes toward blacks are not related to the level of shock administered to blacks. A black victim is shocked less than a white victim. This discriminatory behavior can be understood as a function of the social pressures of the university community as influenced, for example, by the affirmative action programs. - References
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- Published
- 1974-08-01
- Issue
- Volume 2, 1974, Issue 2
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- Articles
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