Activity for the book My Psychology

Chapter App 13.2 Aggression and Bullying

Use your experience with the app in Chapter App: 13.2 Aggression and Bullying or view this video overview to answer the questions.

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The purpose of the ReThink app is to reduce the bullying that can spread through social media and messaging apps. The fact that bullying by others can produce harmful effects in an individual victim illustrates which of the following phenomena?
In addition to biological and psychological influences, aggressive behavior can be triggered by situational influences. Which of the following would NOT be considered a situational influence on aggression?
Sean shared his feelings about a girl that he likes but was rejected by her. In retaliation, he is about to dash off a Facebook post spreading a false rumor about her (the sort that ReThink would attempt to stop). Sean’s desire to seek revenge in this situation is a result of what he believes to be a violation of .
The ReThink app might alert us to attitudes and expressions that are offensive, even if we don’t intent them to be. The automatic, involuntary attitudes that may manifest in our behaviors are known as .
ReThink forces the potential cyberbully to consider their role in causing harm to someone else. This strategy of prompting the user to see themselves as an active agent in the situation, rather than allowing them to hide behind their anonymous online identity, challenges which of the following tendencies?