8 Ways Psychologists Have Manipulated Aggression
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How is aggression induced and measured in psychology research? Psych PhD Chris Cole and cohost Joseph Tajaran discuss 5 ways psychologists have measured aggression and 3 ways they’ve induced aggression. From pouring hot sauce on a victim’s meal to sticking pins in a voodoo doll of your significant other, researchers have gotten creative in measuring how much somebody wants to harm another person.
Check out the video version of this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XAJNcZO60IE
Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Welcome to Joseph's world of trigger words (00:01:40)
3. Measure #1: Hot Sauce Paradigm (00:02:55)
4. Measure #2: The Cold Presser Task (00:04:39)
5. The reason why Joseph's coworkers believe he's so aggressive (00:05:12)
6. An example of how you can arbitrarily create division (00:07:03)
7. Measure #3: Electric Shocks & Noise Blast (00:08:02)
8. Measure #4: Uncomfy Body Positions (00:11:11)
9. Measure #5: The Voodoo Doll Task (00:14:15)
10. The concept of "Manipulations" (00:15:19)
11. Manipulation #1: Writing down your living room (00:16:13)
12. Manipulation #2: The Irritation Discussion (00:18:52)
13. Manipulation #3: Creative Drawing (00:20:55)
14. Closing Thoughts (00:25:27)
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