Psychological Explanation : Cognitive Explanations

Question 1

Support for hostile attribution

Answer 1

Schoenberg and justye
55 violent offenders shown emotionally ambiguous faces when compared with a control group they were more likely to perceive them as angry or hostile

Dodge and frame- ambiguous provocation clip shown to children
Children identified as rejected or aggressive were more likely to classify situation as aggressive

Question 2

Support for minimilisation

Answer 2

Pollock and hashmall
Found that in a sample of child molesters 35% said their crime was non sexual
36% said victim consented

Barbare
In a sample of 26 rapists 54% denied they had commuted an offense
40% minimised harm caused to victim