Bushman (2002) Invited Angered Participants to Hit a Punching Bag

question 126

Multiple Choice

Bushman (2002) invited angered participants to hit a punching bag while either ruminating about the person who angered them or thinking about becoming physically fit. A third group of participants did not hit the punching bag. When given a chance to administer loud blasts of noise to the person who angered them, people in _____ felt angrier and were more aggressive.

• A) the non-punching bag condition
• B) the punching bag plus fitness thoughts condition
• C) the punching bag plus rumination condition
• D) all the three conditions

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