In this case, adults were randomly assigned to either be made apprehensive about being victims of violent crime were not made apprehensive about that topic. They were then asked to choose films they would most like to watch from a list of film synopses. These films varied in the amount of violent victimization and whether or not justice was restored at the end. Comparted to the non-apprehensive group, the apprehensive group choose films that were lower in violent victimization and higher in justice restoration. To understand this one, you have to understand something about anger.
Anger is a very useful emotion.
It motivates us to do something about that which made us angry. However, if there is no way to do anything, we tend to find ways get rid of the emotion. Anger tends to be uncomfortably arousing unless we can direct it somewhere. In this study male subjects were made angry. They were randomly assigned to one of two groups.