Chapter 5: Peer Groups and Status

Question 1

What are 5 peer statuses that exist?

Answer 1

1. popular –> more likes than dislikes
2. average –> equal likes and dislikes
3. neglected –> infrequently liked and often disliked
4. controversial –> frequently liked but strongly disliked
5. rejected –> more dislikes than likes

Question 2

What do researchers use to indicated children’s popularity in schools?

Answer 2

1. they ask if they were nominated as a off
2. whether they nominated an individual thats disliked
   - done by asking children in class to name 3 kids that they like and don’t like

Question 3

How many % of children in fractions are bullied

Answer 3

1/3

Question 4

What was daniel olweus’s approach to reduce bullying?

Answer 4

to strongly reinforce positive behaviour among students so that kids who engage in bullying can feel shamed and stop due to social pressure

Question 5

What had to be done in order for Olweus’s approach to work?

Answer 5

there had to be a creating of positive environment for students to exist and no attention should go towards the bullies because attention can reinforce behaviour
- you need to have cooperation in all of your systems like family, friends, school and even society in order to stop bullying.