Many students struggle with statistical concepts such as interaction. In an experimental group, participants took a paper-and-pencil test and then were given training to establish equivalent classes containing four different statistical interactions. All participants formed the equivalence classes and showed maintenance when probes contained novel…

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. (Editor)

Sixteen college students were measured for "skin conductance responses" (SCR) while they viewed four films on either a movie or a television screen in a study of selected media differences between theatrical film and television viewing. The students watched a bland (nonaggressive) and an aggressive film on one medium, then viewed two…

Deals with the interaction of general arousal and aggressive stimuli on subsequent aggressive behavior. Results showed that subjects who underwent both treatment conditions exhibited the most aggression. Bibliography and tables. (JB)

Shows that punitive actions exhibited after anger arousal will vary with how angry the subject is made to think he is. Discussion of results is in terms of emotions theory. Bibliography and tables. (JB)

A laboratory study analyzed differences in media violence when consequences of that violence to the victim are shown and not shown. (Author)

White subjects were aggressive toward Black opponents when contest results appeared to reflect elements of reverse discrimination; but they showed less aggressive behavior toward Black opponents when they thought their loss was due to their opponents' superior ability. (RL)