Threatened retaliation as an inhibitor of human aggression: Mediating effects of the instrumental value of aggression

Baron, Robert A.

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“…One of the variables that plays a role in the control of human aggression is the behavior contingency attached to the aggressive response, that is, the physical and social consequences of one's aggressive behavior. In studies using male subjects, when retaliation from the victim of aggression was a threat (Baron, 1973) or when a potential aggressor stood to gain relatively little through his behavior (Baron, 1974), aggressive behavior was inhibited. Likewise, expectancy of retaliation caused a decrease in victim derogation by the aggressor (Berscheid, Boye, & Walster, 1968).…”

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Effects of alcohol and behavior contingencies on human aggression.

Zeichner¹,

Pihl²

1979

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

136

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Section: M'cgill Universitymentioning

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Effects of alcohol and behavior contingencies on human aggression.

Zeichner¹,

Pihl²

1979

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

136

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“…Both in “classic” and “role reversal” conditions nearly all of the participants pressed the successive buttons on the generator, and only in a few cases did the experimenter need to resort to additional verbal exhortations contained in the experiment plan. This result is particularly interesting in light of studies on aggression, which have demonstrated that fear of revenge on the part of the victim leads to a clear drop in the tendency of the potential aggressor to do harm ( Baron, 1971 , 1973 , 1974 ; Rogers, 1980 ). McCullough, Kurzban, and Tabak ( 2013 ) even perceive this mechanism as one of the fundamental evolutionary conditions that led our ancestors on the one hand to be less aggressive towards other people, while on the other hand making it easier to establish close relationships.…”

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confidence: 84%

Perpetrator as a Potential Victim. Does Threatened Retaliation from the Victim Reduce Obedience towards Authority?

Grzyb

Doliński

2017

Psychologica Belgica

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In an experiment conducted within the Milgram paradigm, it was examined whether obedience towards an authority would be reduced in conditions in which the teacher had grounds to fear revenge from the learner. A comparison was made of the behaviour of participants in classic conditions and in conditions in which they were told that following the first part of the experiment, there would be an alteration of roles: the teacher would become the learner. It turned out that the level of compliance was the same in both groups. The dominant behaviour, regardless of whether the participant expects a change of roles or not, is total obedience.

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“…A further advantage of revenge (and to some extent of resentment itself as a precursor of vengeful actions) is that it works as a deterrent against further wrongs; suffice to consider that people who retaliate in response to a suffered wrong tend to be wronged less frequently (e.g., Baron, 1974; Rogers, 1980).…”

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Forgiveness: A Cognitive-Motivational Anatomy

Miceli

Castelfranchi

2011

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

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This work aims to identify the constituents of forgiveness in terms of the forgiver's beliefs and motivating goals. After addressing the antecedents of forgiveness—a perceived wrong—and distinguishing the notion of mere harm from that of offense, we describe the victim's typical retributive reactions—revenge and resentment—and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. Then we focus on the forgiver's mind‐set, pointing to the relationship between forgiveness and acceptance of the wrong, addressing the forgiver's motivating goals, and discussing both their self‐interested and altruistic implications. In so doing we also discuss the role of the forgiver's positive feelings towards the offender, arguing that, however important, they are unnecessary to forgiveness. We finally identify two kinds of forgiveness—conditional and unconditional—suggesting that they are grounded on different notions of “worth.”

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Threatened retaliation as an inhibitor of human aggression: Mediating effects of the instrumental value of aggression

Cited by 13 publications

References 10 publications

Effects of alcohol and behavior contingencies on human aggression.

Effects of alcohol and behavior contingencies on human aggression.

Perpetrator as a Potential Victim. Does Threatened Retaliation from the Victim Reduce Obedience towards Authority?

Forgiveness: A Cognitive-Motivational Anatomy

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