A Research Measured The Level Of Anger And Wigley s...

Intensities of Anger Jan Cabahug University of Illinois at Chicago PSCH 313: Laboratory in Social Psychology Dr. Courtney Bonam March 10, 2016 Abstract The research measured the level of anger a person would have depending on the given statement. To validate the Anger Measure the Infant and Wigley’s Verbal Aggressiveness Scale, and Buss Perry’s Aggression Questionnaire were also completed by participants. Infants and Wigley’s Verbal Aggressiveness Scale tested for the level of verbal aggression a person has on a certain situation while Buss Perry’s Aggression Questionnaire determined the aggression of a person dependant of the situation. 20 of 22 participants completed the new fifteen item questionnaire survey with a†¦show more content†¦In the following study, a new measure was created asking the participants how angry or calm they are given the statements. Does our ethnicity, socioeconomic stands, or gender differ on how angry we react to situations or is it the same? For one study, the anger and verbal aggressiveness tendencies were measured based on backgrounds such as sex and gender fro m 445 U.S. college students (Kinney, T. A., Smith, B. A., Donzella, B, 2001). Anger and verbal aggressiveness were defined as anything related to teasing, insults, and threats. People may deal with situations differently based on their values, backgrounds, and beliefs. The way each individual was brought up will influence how angry they are with certain situations. The results suggest that the male freely express anger and verbal aggression towards others, but when it comes to females they tend to seclude their anger and verbal aggression (Kinney et al., 2001). Another study examined the relationship between anger and blame (Quigley, B. M., Tedeschi, J. T.,1996). Anger was measured by how much harm he/she would do intentionally, if they justify it or if gender played a role in it. The results show that anger felt is the same between both men and women, but aggressiveness shows a different story where males are more likely to be aggressive (Quigley et al.,1996). The results ar e do not entirely agree with the first experiment where it suggests males to be more aggressive,