DEVIANCE, CONFORMITY, AND EXPECTED CONSEQUENCES

• NCJ Number: 7261
• Author(s): D K ADAMS
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 202 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION

Annotation

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEVIANT AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR AND THE AGGRESSOR'S PERCEPTION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH BEHAVIOR.

Abstract

AN INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENCES IN AGGRESSION FOUND THAT RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUP MEMBERS WERE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN MAJORITY GROUPS. WHETHER INDIVIDUALS WHO DEMONSTRATE A HIGH AMOUNT OF DEVIANT AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR ACTUALLY EXPECT MORE POSITIVE AND LESS NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR ACTS IS ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THIS MEANS THAT, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO ENGAGES IN DEVIANT AGGRESSION IS NOT NECESSARILY BEHAVING IN AN IRRATIONAL OR INCOMPREHENSIBLE MANNER. THAT PERSONS OCCUPYING ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED POSITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP MORE POSITIVE EXPECTED CONSEQUENCES OF DEVIANT AGGRESSION IS SUPPORTED BY THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY. APPENDED MATERIAL INCLUDES A DESCRIPTION OF A PRELIMINARY STUDY, TABLES OF STATISTICAL RESULTS, AND SAMPLES OF MATERIALS USED IN THE EXPERIMENT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)