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."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "EXCITATION-TRANSFER THEORY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/excitation-transfer-theory/ (accessed July 4, 2022).
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