While most of those who experience anger explain its arousal as a result of "what has happened to them," psychologists point out that an angry person can very well be mistaken because anger causes a loss in self-monitoring capacity and objective observability.
Meskipun sebagian besar pelaku menjelaskan bahwa rasa marah timbul karena "apa yang telah terjadi pada mereka," ahli psikologi menunjukkan bahwa orang yang marah sangat mungkin melakukan kesalahan karena kemarahan menyebabkan kehilangan kemampuan pengendalian diri dan penilaian objektif .