By now, most people realize that “sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me” isn’t really all that accurate. What do social psychologists have to say about verbal or relational aggression, as opposed to physical? Please read Chapter 12 and come back to watch this segment from “What Would You Do?” Questions that follow will draw from both the video and the book chapter.
1. The girls portrayed at the beginning of the clip seem to be tormenting a girl for no discernible reason. This kind of aggression is termed:
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2. The girl being tormented in the video likely is showing increased activity in this part of her brain, which is geared to responding to social threats.
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3. It does seem to be the case that girls are more verbally aggressive than boys. What does the textbook say is the reason girls tend to engage in verbal aggression while boys engage in physical aggression?
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4. There were bystanders that went up to the mean girls and tried to stop them. This kind of public confrontation might be interpreted as a punishing of aggression. Which of the following factors is not something that makes punishing of aggression an effective tool of reducing aggression?
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