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Effects of Competition on Aggression: Experiment and Results

Effects of Competition on Aggression: Experiment and Results. Steven Christiansen. Hypothesis. People who play a game competitively will behave more aggressively than people who do not The outcomes of the game will affect behavior as well. Outline of Experiment.

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Effects of Competition on Aggression: Experiment and Results

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  1. Effects of Competition on Aggression: Experiment and Results Steven Christiansen

  2. Hypothesis • People who play a game competitively will behave more aggressively than people who do not • The outcomes of the game will affect behavior as well

  3. Outline of Experiment • Have participants play games either competitively or non-competitively • Manipulate scores (so that winning, losing, and tying are due to random chance and not skill/other factors) • Measure Aggression

  4. 1st Game—Letters-to-Words

  5. Second Game—Word Find

  6. Third Game—Word Completion

  7. Measuring Aggression • Number of Aggressive words on Word Completion task / total words completed = Aggression Ratio Score • State Hostility Scale

  8. Results • No significant differences between groups on Hostility Scale

  9. Results • Aggression Ratio Score—competitive conditions as a whole scored higher than the Non-Competitive condition, and Lose and Tied both scored higher than Win and Non-Competitive

  10. Discussion • Competition was shown to increase aggression • However, participants did not believe that they were more aggressive after playing a game, despite what the Aggression-Ratio scores showed

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