Anger and tolerance levels of the inmates in prison

Abstract

Anger is defined by Soykan (2003) as “a highly natural, universal and humane emotional response displayed to unsatisfied requests, undesired results, and unmet expectations (Soykan, 2003).” In terms of evolutionary psychology, when evolutionary past of organisms combines with the human nature, anger helps people to survive and makes adaptive responses easier; especially in the face of danger, it causes fight-or-flight response