INTELLECTUAL ABILITY AND AGGRESSIVE-BEHAVIOR IN NONCLINICAL NONFORENSIC MALES

The purpose of this study was to test the relationship between IQ and physical aggression in a nonclinical-nonforensic male sample in a labo ratory setting. Thirty males completed an abbreviated version of the W echsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised. Aggression was measured usin g a modified version of the Taylor reaction-time (RT) aggression parad igm in which subjects competed on a RT task and both received and deli vered shocks to a fictitious opponent in provoking and nonprovoking co nditions. Provocation conditions (High and Low) were defined by the in tensity of shocks the subjects received. Results demonstrated strong i nverse correlations between IQ and aggressive behavior under both High and Low Provocation conditions.