Aggressiveness and Performance in a Mini-System Context

Abstract

Four experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that aggressive disposition and/or past reinforcement for aggressive responses disrupts performance in stressful situations which require new learning. Four different human subject populations were used: pre-school children, college males, college football players, and teenage ghetto gang members. Several measures of aggressiveness were obtained and evaluated, and various performance tasks were tried. No strong evidence was obtained to support the original hypothesis. However, measures of 'internal-external control expectancies' were found to correlate significantly with performance and, therefore, may be useful for predicting individuals' future performance in stressful situations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0776332

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  • Don Nelson
  • Gerald A. Hudgens
  • Mark W. Stephens

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  • Purdue University

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  • Human Systems

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  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
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  • Group Processes (Social Psychology)
  • Human Factors Engineering
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  • Psychology

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