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Anderson, Craig A.; Morrow, Melissa – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1995
Extended and tested Deutsch's theory of competition effects. Predicted that people view competitive situations as inherently more aggressive than cooperative ones. Predicted that leading people to think of an aggressive situation in competitive terms would increase aggressive behavior. Increase of kill ratio occurred in absence of changes in…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures