Define frustration, compare the two sources of frustration and provide an example of each, and describe five common reactions to frustration

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Answer will include that frustration is a negative emotional state that occurs when one is prevented from reaching a goal. A useful distinction can be made between external and personal sources of frustration. External frustration is based on conditions outside a person that impede progress toward a goal. These might include being delayed by a traffic jam, being rejected by another person, or being without an item needed to finish a project. External obstacles can be either social (slow drivers, tall people in theaters, people who cut into lines) or nonsocial (stuck doors, a dead battery, rain on the day of the game). Personal frustrations are based on personal characteristics or limitations that block your goal, such as wanting to get in medical school, but you only make D's. Frustration is usually first met with persistence and more vigorous effort. Then, people also use more varied actions or try to go around the barrier (circumvent). Sometimes frustration leads to direct aggression toward the barrier or to a displacement of this aggression to a safer target, such as being mad at your teacher but fussing at your mother instead. Another major reaction to frustration is escape or withdrawal, which can be either psychological or physical. One could physically escape by quitting one's job or could psychologically escape through drug use or apathy (pretending not to care).