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Frustration, aggression and the non-violent Semai
American ethnologist • 4 (4) • Published In 1977 • Pages: 762-779
By: Robarchek, Clayton Allen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source examines the frustration-aggression hypothesis formulated by Dollard and his co-workers in the light of a body of ethnographic data on the Senoi including various theories about and research on the nature of emotion. The result of this analysis seems to indicate that the frustration-aggression hypothesis by itself is inadequate to explain observed behavior. Robarchek postulates an alternative theory or model within a system-oriented framework that would incorporate not only the basic tenets of the frustration-aggression hypothesis, but also other extant approaches to the study of aggression and emotion. This alternative model is then employed in an attempt to understand better the origins of “…and the relationships between, the subjectively perceived emotions of fear and anger and their behavioral concomitants in a specific ethnographic context” (p. 777). After a careful identification of the significant variables involved (e.g., physiological status, psychological processes, interaction patterns, and culturally defined beliefs and values), the model is applied in various situations to predict behavior in contexts different from that in which it was initially drawn. These predictions, says the author, were largely supported by additional ethnographic data.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Personality disorders
- Spirits and gods
- Magic
- Ethnopsychology
- Premarital sex relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Semai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1962-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Perak and Pahang, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Clayton A. Robarchek
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 778-779)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74644326
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Senoi (Southeast Asian people)