Various reasons exist for why one finds particular stimuli annoying. Measurement of annoyance is highly subjective. As an attempt at measurement, psychological studies on annoyance often rely on their subjects' own ratings of levels of annoyance on a scale. Any kind of stimuli can cause annoyance, such as getting poked in the side or listening to a song repeatedly. Many stimuli that one is at first neutral to, or even finds pleasant, can turn into annoyances from repeated continued exposure. One can often encounter annoyance factors in media, including popular music, memes, commercials, and advertising jingles, which by their nature are continually repeated over a period of weeks or months.
A study published in the International Journal of Conflict Management found that one's response to an annoyance, at least when the perceived cause is another person, escalate to more extreme levels as they go unresolved.[1] It also found that one was more likely to blame the party who was causing the annoyance in the study, rather than one's self, for the annoyance as it escalated.
Psychological warfare can involve creating annoyances to distract and wear down the resistance of the target. For example, in 1993, the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) played music "specifically selected for its irritation ability" on loudspeakers outside the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas in an attempt to bring about the surrender of David Koresh and his followers.[2]
English lawedit
In the sense of "nuisance", the noun "annoyance" is found in the English "Jury of Annoyance" appointed by an act of 1754 to report upon obstructions in the highways.[3]
See alsoedit
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^Dean G Pruitt, John C Parker, Joseph M Mikolic. "Escalation as a reaction to persistent annoyance.", International Journalists of Conflict Management. Bowling Green: July 1997, Vol 8, Issue 3; pg. 252
^Mark Potok. "FBI grinds away at cult", USA Today, April 14, 1993, pg. 1A.
^One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Annoy". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 75.
January 01, 1970
annoyance, annoy, redirects, here, minesweeper, annoy, website, annoy, comedy, club, theatre, unpleasant, mental, state, that, characterized, irritation, distraction, from, conscious, thinking, lead, emotions, such, frustration, anger, property, being, easily,. Annoy redirects here For the minesweeper see USS Annoy AM 84 For the website see annoy com For the comedy club see Annoyance Theatre Annoyance is an unpleasant mental state that is characterized by irritation and distraction from one s conscious thinking It can lead to emotions such as frustration and anger The property of being easily annoyed is called irritability Contents 1 Psychology 2 English law 3 See also 4 ReferencesPsychology editVarious reasons exist for why one finds particular stimuli annoying Measurement of annoyance is highly subjective As an attempt at measurement psychological studies on annoyance often rely on their subjects own ratings of levels of annoyance on a scale Any kind of stimuli can cause annoyance such as getting poked in the side or listening to a song repeatedly Many stimuli that one is at first neutral to or even finds pleasant can turn into annoyances from repeated continued exposure One can often encounter annoyance factors in media including popular music memes commercials and advertising jingles which by their nature are continually repeated over a period of weeks or months A study published in the International Journal of Conflict Management found that one s response to an annoyance at least when the perceived cause is another person escalate to more extreme levels as they go unresolved 1 It also found that one was more likely to blame the party who was causing the annoyance in the study rather than one s self for the annoyance as it escalated Psychological warfare can involve creating annoyances to distract and wear down the resistance of the target For example in 1993 the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI played music specifically selected for its irritation ability on loudspeakers outside the Branch Davidian church in Waco Texas in an attempt to bring about the surrender of David Koresh and his followers 2 English law editIn the sense of nuisance the noun annoyance is found in the English Jury of Annoyance appointed by an act of 1754 to report upon obstructions in the highways 3 See also edit nbsp Look up annoyance in Wiktionary the free dictionary Agitation Distraction Frustration Pet peeve Social alienationReferences edit Dean G Pruitt John C Parker Joseph M Mikolic Escalation as a reaction to persistent annoyance International Journalists of Conflict Management Bowling Green July 1997 Vol 8 Issue 3 pg 252 Mark Potok FBI grinds away at cult USA Today April 14 1993 pg 1A nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Annoy Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 2 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 75 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Annoyance amp oldid 1215737559, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
