ABSTRACT
The first step in elaborating the basic hypothesis is to restate it in the following quantitative form: the strength of instigation to aggression varies directly with the amount of frustration. The next step is to consider the factors which are responsible for the amount of frustration and therefore also responsible for the strength of instigation to aggression. It is assumed that there are three such factors: the strength of instigation to aggression should vary directly with (1) the strength of instigation to the frustrated response, (2) the degree of interference with the frustrated response, and (3) the number of frustrated response-sequences. This chapter discusses and illustrates each of these factors. All frustrating situations do not produce overt aggression. To assume, however, that in such cases there is no aggression would be clearly false. Careful questioning may elicit the statement that the frustrated person “feels angry” or is “annoyed” or is “simply furious inside.”.
