One of your students, Janet, seems to go out of her way to make other children feel bad. Sometimes she spreads malicious, untrue rumors about people
Sometimes she convinces some of her classmates to snub others by ignoring them, excluding them from group activities, and so on. With Janet's behavior in mind:
a. Determine whether she is displaying physical or relational aggression.
b. Determine whether she is displaying proactive or reactive aggression.
c. Drawing on what psychologists have learned about the underlying cognitive causes of aggression, identify three possible reasons why Janet may be acting so aggressively.
a. Janet is displaying relational aggression: actions that can adversely affect interpersonal relationships.
b. Janet is displaying proactive aggression. There is no evidence that her aggressive actions are in response to others' behaviors.
c. Psychologists have identified several cognitive factors that may increase children's aggressive tendencies (the student's response should include at least three of these):
• Poor perspective-taking ability
• Misinterpretation of social cues
• Prevalence of self-serving goals
• Ineffective social problem-solving strategies
• Beliefs about the appropriateness and effectiveness of aggression
Each of these factors is described in greater depth under the heading "Aggressive behavior is often the result of counterproductive cognitive processes."
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