Aggression can be heightened by frustrations unrelated to the target

Evidence

Allport was also right about some of the causes of aggression. Angry feelings and aggression, we now know, can be induced or intensified by negative affect stemming from frustration or discomfort (from pain, high temperature, etc.) that have no connection to the target of the aggression (Berkowitz, 1998). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2280

Categorization

• XREF: Displaced aggression from ambient frustration echoes the climate-heat and aggression link supported elsewhere in the Allport reassessment thread.