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Donnerstein and Berkowitz
“Victim Reactions in Aggressive Erotic Films as a Factor in Violence against Women” (1981)
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Hypothesis Sex + violence + positive outcome will be correlated with male subjects’ willingness to aggress against women Behavior change
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Design Male subjects are asked to write a short essay
Essay is evaluated by a research confederate (RC) which the subjects believe is another Ss All are angered by a negative evaluation of 9 electric shocks Ss see films G1 sees a neutral film (talk show interview) G2 sees a purely erotic film G3 sees sex + violence + positive outcome G4 sees sex + violence + negative outcome Subjects are given an opportunity to evaluate RC
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Results No significant increased aggression against female RC in G1 and G2 subjects Aggression against female RC is significant in G3 and G4 subjects No significant aggression against male RC
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Follow up experiment Same design, except only half of the Ss are angered All RCs are female
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Results G1 subjects do not engage in aggression against female RCs
Only G3 subjects (angered, positive outcome of the sex + violence) show increased aggression against female RCs
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