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Physiological Thermoregulatory Model

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As temperatures increase during the summer, frustration also increases at similar levels. Baron et al. (1972) suggested that people are more likely to show anger in a hot or uncomfortable situation than in a cool or comfortable situation. Baron (1972) conducted a study using forty undergraduate men from University of South Carolina. The subjects were divided into two separate groups. Group one was introduced to a hot or uncomfortable environment, and group two was introduced to a cool, calm, and comfortable environment. The subjects were given specific character traits information about complete strangers that are similar or different in nature than the person accessing and asking to evaluate. Finally, the research failed to provide support for the hypothesis due to the data manipulation and lack of …show more content…

In addition, Anderson et al. (1989) used the physiological-thermoregulatory model to evaluate different studies to find the relationship between temperature and behavior. When a person is hot or uncomfortable, they become aggressive. Anderson tested the hypothesis, but did not have enough results to support it. This topic has been a well-known interest that researchers have studied and tried to prove a relationship between the two variables. However, there are studies that have proven high crime rates during the

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