Theories Of Aggressiveness
Method
15 undergraduate students at Simon Fraser University from psychology 201W tutorial will participate in this experiment.
Students will be asked to fill out a set of questionnaire which will be divided into three parts, and total eight questions will be included. Participants are asked to circle the best number on a one to seven scale, and each number signifies a different meaning in the different set of questions.
The first set of questions is based on the correlation between the stranger and two different scenarios. If a stranger cuts in a line while you are lining up in the cafeteria what if your level of aggressiveness, based on the hypothesis the participants will have a higher aggression to the stranger because it is a violation of a social norm which is to line up. Another scenario is when you walk pass a stranger and you heard that they he/she is talking negatively about you, what will you rate your level of aggressiveness. In this context because as a participant, we think it is a stranger so it does not matter what they are talking behind me because they do not …show more content…
If one of your friends drove pass you and cut in front of you without a signal, how aggressive will you be. As the perdition, participants will have a lower aggressiveness toward his/her friend because they might think their friend is just fooling around, he/ she did not mean to be a rude driver. Then a follow-up scenario is one of your friend start spreading rumors about you to others how will you act towards it. Based on the hypothesis, participants will act aggressively towards this friend because they might feel the sense of betraying and disappointment because someone we care about suddenly talks behind us can be a huge hit for everyone. After the participants finished the questionnaire, the question sheet will be collected randomly in the class in order to keep the confidentiality of your
15 undergraduate students at Simon Fraser University from psychology 201W tutorial will participate in this experiment.
Students will be asked to fill out a set of questionnaire which will be divided into three parts, and total eight questions will be included. Participants are asked to circle the best number on a one to seven scale, and each number signifies a different meaning in the different set of questions.
The first set of questions is based on the correlation between the stranger and two different scenarios. If a stranger cuts in a line while you are lining up in the cafeteria what if your level of aggressiveness, based on the hypothesis the participants will have a higher aggression to the stranger because it is a violation of a social norm which is to line up. Another scenario is when you walk pass a stranger and you heard that they he/she is talking negatively about you, what will you rate your level of aggressiveness. In this context because as a participant, we think it is a stranger so it does not matter what they are talking behind me because they do not …show more content…
If one of your friends drove pass you and cut in front of you without a signal, how aggressive will you be. As the perdition, participants will have a lower aggressiveness toward his/her friend because they might think their friend is just fooling around, he/ she did not mean to be a rude driver. Then a follow-up scenario is one of your friend start spreading rumors about you to others how will you act towards it. Based on the hypothesis, participants will act aggressively towards this friend because they might feel the sense of betraying and disappointment because someone we care about suddenly talks behind us can be a huge hit for everyone. After the participants finished the questionnaire, the question sheet will be collected randomly in the class in order to keep the confidentiality of your