orge is a pitcher for his high school baseball team. In a game against his school's biggest rival, he gave up a home run, which
gave the opponents the lead. When the next batter came up, Jorge hit him with a fastball and was ejected from the game. Jorge's behavior illustrates______.A) blaming the victim.B) the just-world phenomenon.C) the frustration-aggression principle.D) scapegoat theory.
The frustration-aggression principle states that on blocking of an objective of an individual, he might get frustrated which further leads to aggression.
Frustration is defined as feeling of being irritated and annoyed on not being able to attain one's goal when it is hindered by something.
This further leads to aggression which is a quite dangerous attitude towards a person or a thing.
Thus in relation to the scenario with Jorge, the frustration- aggression theory follows.
As after losing the lead from the biggest rivals he got frustrated which made him aggressive enough to hit a fastball resulting in his elimination from the game.