... were more likely to give more and longer electric shocks if they had heard the high intensity noise at 95db. The participants in the non angered condition were mostly unaffected by the noise. Suggesting that noise can arouse anti-social behaviour when people are provoked and have no control over the stressor (in this case noise). Geen (1969) found that noise increases aggressiveness. Geen conducted a study into levels of aggression after watching films. In his study there were 3 variables. 1. Participants watched either an aggressive film or a non aggressive film. 2. Participants were then given the opportunity to shock someone in another room. 3. When deciding whether to shock the other person, some subjects were exposed to loud noises and others to no noise. The results showed that the participants were more likely to shock the other person when they were in a noisy environment. Cohen in 1977 found that noise elicits ...

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