Facilitation of physical aggression through objective self-awareness

Charles S. Carver

doi:10.1016/0022-1031(74)90032-8

Facilitation of physical aggression through objective self-awareness

Charles S. Carver

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Abstract

Based on a theory of self-awareness it was hypothesized that induced attention to the self would facilitate aggression if the salient standard of behavior was one in which high aggression was positively valued. Female subjects were given an opportunity to shock a male confederate of the experimenter in a presumed learning experiment. Self-awareness was induced in half the subjects by the presence of a mirror. The Mirror group delivered significantly higher shocks to the confederate than did the No-Mirror control group.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	365-370
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1031(74)90032-8
State	Published - Jul 1974
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

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