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Keywords: Aggression, Motive, Thwarting, Elicits, Hypothesis

Related Terms: Aggression, Ambivalence, Angry, Antipathy, Antisocial, Anxious, Attitude, Aversion, Bother, Capricious, Compulsive, Denial, Desperate, Dilemma, Discontent, Disgust, Distaste, Fear, Frustration, Indifference, Paranoid, Rage, Regret, Resentment, Scare, Scunner, Sympathize, Tantrum, Trouble, Emotional Abuse, Emotions, Displacement, Confusion, Projection, Law Of Effect, Learned Helplessness, Self-Perception Theory, Cognitive Dissonance, Rationalization, Acting Out, Punishment, Reaction Formation, Impulsivity, Paranoid Personality Disorder, Psychopath, Appeal To Emotion, Defense Mechanism, Defense Mechanisms, Intellectualization

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the assumption that frustration causes aggression. (628)

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The extent to which people feel frustrated predicts the likelihood that they will act aggressively. go to glossary index

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The theory that frustration causes aggression.

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The idea that (1) frustration always elicits the motive to aggress and (2) all aggression is caused by frustration.

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The hypothesis that frustration (thwarting a person?s goal-directed efforts) induces an aggressive drive, which, in turn, motivates aggressive behavior.

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