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The Effects Of Time Pressure On Social Cognitive Problem-Solving By Aggressive And Nonaggressive Boys, David S. Cates, Franklin C. Shontz, Susan Fowler, Christine R. Vavek, Carol Dell'oliver, Lauren Yoshinobu

Journal Articles: Nebraska Medicine

This study evaluated the effects of one potential source of arousal, namely time pressure, on the attributions made and the solutions generated in hypothetical social problem situations by aggressive and nonaggressive boys. It was predicted that time pressure would be more disruptive to the social information-processing of aggressive boys as compared to their nonaggressive peers. Thirty aggressive and 32 nonaggressive third- and fourth-grade boys were administered attribution and solution generation tasks under both untimed and time pressured conditions. Level of arousal in both conditions was assessed by experimenter observation and subject self-report. The time pressure condition re-suited in greater arousal …