John T. Jost
Contributor
Professor of Psychology and Politics and Co-Director of the Center for Social and Political Behavior at New York University. His contributions to SAGE Publications’ Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations (2010) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (2)
Frustration-aggression hypothesis, psychological explanation of aggressive behaviour as stemming from the frustration of goals. The hypothesis was applied in studies of scapegoating and hate crimes, which indicated that as sources of frustration accumulate—during an economic crisis, for…
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