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 primarily physical, psychological, 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.
Answers to the separate parts of the question are as follows:
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
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