... aggressive behaviour that can be triggered by a frustrating experience. A rise in temperature leads to a further rise in negative effect, but to a decline in aggression. This is thought to be because people reach a stage when they become too tired to of uncomfortable to react aggressively, and instead just want to get out of the situation. This makes what appears to be a curvilinear relationship between temperature and aggression, which shows us that there is a peak temperature for aggression. Although the negative affect model may work in a laboratory, it is unclear how much it would work in the real world, as escape in real life would not be as easy as simply walking out of a door. It is also thought that temperature could not be the only reason for aggression during hot summer days e.g. in summer, people experience greater social contact by being ...

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