Jennifer and her friends have been harassing the new girl in class by sending her hateful and threatening e-mails and posting horrible comments about her on Facebook. Jennifer and her friends are engaging in

a. electronic aggression.
b. passive aggression.
c. the displacement effect regarding aggression.
d. the mean worldview.


ANSWER: a

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