Physiological arousal and reactions to outgroup members during competitions that implicate an important social identity

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A study was conducted to determine the effects of exposure to violent sports and degree of identification on aggression and arousal. Subjects were divided according to level of identification with America and contest outcome. To measure physiological arousal, blood pressure readings were taken from subjects before and after they viewed different segments of the movie Rocky IV. Analysis of blood pressure readings and responses to questionnaires given after the movie indicate that arousal increases significantly predict derogation levels expressed against threat-specific outgroups. Exposure to violent events was also found to affect spectators differentially.

Threat (Psychology), Identification (Psychology), Violence in sports, Sports violence, Arousal (Physiology), Arousal (Psychophysiology)

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Aggression-consistent, -inconsistent, and -irrelevant priming effects on selective exposure to media violence

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A research study was conducted to examine the co-relation between aggressive priming and interest in media violence. 40 male undergraduate students were asked to write short stories using the word list provided and then select film clips for personal viewing. Subjects primed with a list of aggressive words included more violence in their stories and expressed greater interest in film-clips with a high violence content, due to the activation of their aggressive instincts. In contrast, the content of violence in the stories as well as the selected film clips was lower for students provided with the neutral word list.

Violence research, Violence in mass media, Media violence

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Social inferences concerning male and female homeowners who use a gun to shoot an intruder

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A study exploring how gender stereotypes affects judgments of homeowners who use guns against burglary was conducted using two experiments that used 81 college undergraduates. Results indicate that stereotype-based beliefs affect judgment and decision-making. The second experiment indicated that pre-existing attitudes on guns itself moderates the judgment of the user of a gun.

Firearms, Homeowners, Stereotype (Psychology), Stereotypes (Psychology)

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