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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.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1989
- Field Date
- 1973-1974
- Coverage Date
- 1962-1974
- Coverage Place
- Perak and Pahang, Malaysia
- Notes
- Clayton A. Robarchek
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 778-779)
- LCCN
- 74644326
- LCSH
- Senoi (Southeast Asian people)