Psychology A-Level
Frustration, drive and displacement
What Frustration, drive and displacement means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Frustration, drive and displacement
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A blocked goal produces frustration, frustration produces an aggressive drive, and discharging it is said to be cathartic, with displacement onto an available target.
Topics that use Frustration, drive and displacement
- Aggression (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Catharsis and its evidential problems
- Cognitive priming
- Disinhibition
- Environmental cues and the weapon effect
- Importation against deprivation
- Limbic system
- Meta-analysis
- Observational learning and vicarious reinforcement
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