Robert L Arms
Biographic Data
| ID | 5861607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert L Arms |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert L |
| FAMILY NAME | Arms |
| SIGNATURE | ARMS R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lethbridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Calming troubled waters: Peacemakers in a sports riot
This investigation sought to identify a set of measures predictive of those who would intervene in a crowd disturbance with the intent of restoring order. Male participants (N = 74) completed a battery of social and personality measures. Men who had previously attempted to break up a fight(s), including those who had recently intervened and judged their efforts to have been successful, were most likely to step in. Additionally, peacemakers were s…
Toward a social psychological profile of would‐be rioters
Male ice hockey fans (N = 78) completed a battery of biographical, social, cognitive, and individual differences measures that had previously been administered piecemeal to spectators found in attendance at games. Participants' self-reported likelihood of joining in a crowd disturbance served as the dependent measure. The individual differences measures included physical aggression, anger, impulsivity, psychopathy, sensation seeking, and public s…
Toward a social psychological profile of would-be rioters
Male ice hockey fans (N = 78) completed a battery of biographical, social, cognitive, and individual differences measures that had previously been administered piecemeal to spectators found in attendance at games. Participants' self-reported likelihood of joining in a crowd disturbance served as the dependent measure. The individual differences measures included physical aggression, anger, impulsivity, psychopathy, sensation seeking, and public s…
Canadians' Belief in Catharsis
A national sample (N=3,815) of 15 to 19-year-old Canadian high school students responded to a questionnaire that assessed attitudes toward contemporary social problems, e.g., violence in schools, against women and that associated with youth gangs. Beliefs in catharsis were measured by asking respondents to indicate the extent to which participating in, and observing, aggression, reduces one's level of aggression. Males provided stronger support t…
False consensus effect, physical aggression, anger, and a willingness to escalate a disturbance
The present investigation sought to establish the relationships between two measures of aggression and both subjects' self-reported attraction to fights and likelihood that they would join in a crowd disturbance. Subjects were adult males (N = 63) interviewed at an ice hockey game. Tests of the false consensus effect [Ross et al. (1977): Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 13: 279–301] were also undertaken. Physical aggression and anger bor…
Negative ions and behavior: Impact on mood, memory, and aggression among Type A and Type B persons
Individuals scoring high (Type As), intermediate, or low (Type Bs) on the Jenkins Activity Survey were given an opportunity to aggress against a stranger who, previously, had either provoked or not provoked them. The opportunity to aggress (as well as all other aspects of the study) took place in the presence of (a) a high concentration, (b) a moderate concentration, or (c) a low (ambient) concentration of negative air ions. Results indicated tha…
Effects on the Hostility of Spectators of Viewing Aggressive Sports
The effects on spectator hostility of viewing aggressive athletic contests were investigated using three diverse measures of hostility in a replication of the widely cited Goldstein and Arms (1971) Army-Navy football study. Male and female subjects were exposed to either stylized aggression (professional wrestling), realistic aggression (ice hockey), or a competitive but nonaggressive control event (swimming) in a before-after design. While the t…
Effects of Observing Athletic Contests on Hostility
Hostility was assessed among male spectators before or after a football game to determine the effects of witnessing a competitive and aggressive sport on observers' tendencies to aggress. As a control, male spectators were also interviewed before or after a competitive, though nonaggressive, sport (a gymnastics meet). The results indicate that hostility increased significantly after observing the football game, and this increase in hostility did …
Personality and Group Impression Formation as a Function of the Amount of Overlap in Evaluative Meaning of the Stimulus Elements
Volunteer Effects on Experimental Outcomes
Anderson's Personality-Trait Words Rated by Men and Women as a Function of Stimulus Sex
Anderson's personality-trait words were rated for likeableness on a 101-point scale by 30 male and 30 female undergraduates instructed to regard the stimuli as characterizing either a man or a woman. Although the pooled means correlated highly with Anderson's mean ratings, inspection of the separate stimuli showed numerous appreciable rating differences attributable to Ss' sex and sex of stimulus. Eliminating such stimuli resulted in a list of 14…
Adding versus averaging as a stimulus-combination rule in forming impressions of groups
Effects of Observing Athletic Contests on Hostility
Hostility was assessed among male spectators before or after a football game to determine the effects of witnessing a competitive and aggressive sport on observers' tendencies to aggress. As a control, male spectators were also interviewed before or after a competitive, though nonaggressive, sport (a gymnastics meet). The results indicate that hostility increased significantly after observing the football game, and this increase in hostility did …
Effects on the Hostility of Spectators of Viewing Aggressive Sports
The effects on spectator hostility of viewing aggressive athletic contests were investigated using three diverse measures of hostility in a replication of the widely cited Goldstein and Arms (1971) Army-Navy football study. Male and female subjects were exposed to either stylized aggression (professional wrestling), realistic aggression (ice hockey), or a competitive but nonaggressive control event (swimming) in a before-after design. While the t…
Adding versus averaging as a stimulus-combination rule in forming impressions of groups
Negative ions and behavior: Impact on mood, memory, and aggression among Type A and Type B persons
Individuals scoring high (Type As), intermediate, or low (Type Bs) on the Jenkins Activity Survey were given an opportunity to aggress against a stranger who, previously, had either provoked or not provoked them. The opportunity to aggress (as well as all other aspects of the study) took place in the presence of (a) a high concentration, (b) a moderate concentration, or (c) a low (ambient) concentration of negative air ions. Results indicated tha…
Calming troubled waters: Peacemakers in a sports riot
This investigation sought to identify a set of measures predictive of those who would intervene in a crowd disturbance with the intent of restoring order. Male participants (N = 74) completed a battery of social and personality measures. Men who had previously attempted to break up a fight(s), including those who had recently intervened and judged their efforts to have been successful, were most likely to step in. Additionally, peacemakers were s…
Personality and Group Impression Formation as a Function of the Amount of Overlap in Evaluative Meaning of the Stimulus Elements
Adding versus averaging as a stimulus-combination rule in forming impressions of groups
Volunteer Effects on Experimental Outcomes
Anderson's Personality-Trait Words Rated by Men and Women as a Function of Stimulus Sex
Anderson's personality-trait words were rated for likeableness on a 101-point scale by 30 male and 30 female undergraduates instructed to regard the stimuli as characterizing either a man or a woman. Although the pooled means correlated highly with Anderson's mean ratings, inspection of the separate stimuli showed numerous appreciable rating differences attributable to Ss' sex and sex of stimulus. Eliminating such stimuli resulted in a list of 14…
Personality and Group Impression Formation as a Function of the Amount of Overlap in Evaluative Meaning of the Stimulus Elements
Effects of Observing Athletic Contests on Hostility
Hostility was assessed among male spectators before or after a football game to determine the effects of witnessing a competitive and aggressive sport on observers' tendencies to aggress. As a control, male spectators were also interviewed before or after a competitive, though nonaggressive, sport (a gymnastics meet). The results indicate that hostility increased significantly after observing the football game, and this increase in hostility did …
Effects on the Hostility of Spectators of Viewing Aggressive Sports
The effects on spectator hostility of viewing aggressive athletic contests were investigated using three diverse measures of hostility in a replication of the widely cited Goldstein and Arms (1971) Army-Navy football study. Male and female subjects were exposed to either stylized aggression (professional wrestling), realistic aggression (ice hockey), or a competitive but nonaggressive control event (swimming) in a before-after design. While the t…
Negative ions and behavior: Impact on mood, memory, and aggression among Type A and Type B persons
Individuals scoring high (Type As), intermediate, or low (Type Bs) on the Jenkins Activity Survey were given an opportunity to aggress against a stranger who, previously, had either provoked or not provoked them. The opportunity to aggress (as well as all other aspects of the study) took place in the presence of (a) a high concentration, (b) a moderate concentration, or (c) a low (ambient) concentration of negative air ions. Results indicated tha…
Canadians' Belief in Catharsis
A national sample (N=3,815) of 15 to 19-year-old Canadian high school students responded to a questionnaire that assessed attitudes toward contemporary social problems, e.g., violence in schools, against women and that associated with youth gangs. Beliefs in catharsis were measured by asking respondents to indicate the extent to which participating in, and observing, aggression, reduces one's level of aggression. Males provided stronger support t…
False consensus effect, physical aggression, anger, and a willingness to escalate a disturbance
The present investigation sought to establish the relationships between two measures of aggression and both subjects' self-reported attraction to fights and likelihood that they would join in a crowd disturbance. Subjects were adult males (N = 63) interviewed at an ice hockey game. Tests of the false consensus effect [Ross et al. (1977): Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 13: 279–301] were also undertaken. Physical aggression and anger bor…
Toward a social psychological profile of would‐be rioters
Male ice hockey fans (N = 78) completed a battery of biographical, social, cognitive, and individual differences measures that had previously been administered piecemeal to spectators found in attendance at games. Participants' self-reported likelihood of joining in a crowd disturbance served as the dependent measure. The individual differences measures included physical aggression, anger, impulsivity, psychopathy, sensation seeking, and public s…
Toward a social psychological profile of would-be rioters
Male ice hockey fans (N = 78) completed a battery of biographical, social, cognitive, and individual differences measures that had previously been administered piecemeal to spectators found in attendance at games. Participants' self-reported likelihood of joining in a crowd disturbance served as the dependent measure. The individual differences measures included physical aggression, anger, impulsivity, psychopathy, sensation seeking, and public s…
Calming troubled waters: Peacemakers in a sports riot
This investigation sought to identify a set of measures predictive of those who would intervene in a crowd disturbance with the intent of restoring order. Male participants (N = 74) completed a battery of social and personality measures. Men who had previously attempted to break up a fight(s), including those who had recently intervened and judged their efforts to have been successful, were most likely to step in. Additionally, peacemakers were s…
Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Aggression (6 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Medical emergency (5 works) · Personality (5 works) · Poison control (5 works)