EXCITATION-TRANSFER THEORY

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Nugent, Pam M.S.
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Aggressive rsponses are intensified by arousal from other stimuli not directly related to the original stimulus that started the aggression.

EXCITATION-TRANSFER THEORY: "In excitation transfer theory a state of residual arousal we are unaware of will be activated."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. AROUSAL-BOOST MECHANISM
  2. AROUSAL-REDUCTION MECHANISM
  3. ASSERTION
  4. ANIMAL AGGRESSION
  5. SADOMASOCHISTIC PERSONALITY
  6. DIRECT AGGRESSION
  7. AROUSAL
  8. MISATTRIBUTION OF AROUSAL
  9. ERIKSEN FLANKERS TASK
  10. S-S LEARNING MODEL
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "EXCITATION-TRANSFER THEORY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/excitation-transfer-theory/ (accessed January 20, 2019).
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