Abstract
Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of an observer's experience in aggression on the perception of other aggressors. In both experiments, undergraduate volunteers watched a videotape of two women arguing over a bridge game, completed a person-perception questionnaire, and a report on their past experience with aggression. Both experiments showed effects of a person's experience with aggression on the attribution of cause for aggression (responsibility and influence), although no clear relationships have yet emerged. Results of Exp. 1 also show a difference between persons high and low in experience with aggression in the perception of satisfaction derived from aggression. Perceived satisfaction from aggression increased with experience with aggression for women but tended to decrease for men. Results of Exp. 2 suggest that schema differences among persons with different amounts of experience with aggression are mainly in terms of influence, although some particular differences in attributions of responsibility appear.
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