The present investigation was conducted to determine the effect of prior experience on the weapons effect. It was predicted that weapons experienced persons, having learned the dangers of being aroused while in the presence of firearms, would be motivated to discount such arousal and attribute it to an alternate source when possible. To test this prediction, angered undergraduates were given a placebo described as either a stimulant or a vitamin and exposed to slides of firearms or neutral objects. Half of these subjects had weapons experience while the others did not. While the results indicated that weapons experienced and weapons inexperienced subjects did not differ in their responsiveness to weapons as cues, there was evidence that subjects who scored high in personality aggressiveness were more aggressive when aggressive cues were presented than when they were not. Low aggressive subjects by contrast showed a tendency in the opposite direction / acase@tulane.edu
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_25086 |
| Date | January 1980 |
| Contributors | Epstein, Jaine Frances (Author) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Access requires a license to the Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) database., Copyright is in accordance with U.S. Copyright law |
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