Popularity, Bullying & Rejection

Question 1

What is overt aggression?

Answer 1

Acts intended to harm another through direct physical or verbal attacks

Question 2

Examples of overt aggression

Answer 2

shouting, pushing, insulting

Question 3

What gender is more prone to exhbiting overt aggression?

Answer 3

boys

Question 4

What is relational aggression?

Answer 4

Acts intended to harm another through the manipulation of relationships with others

Question 5

Examples of relational aggression

Answer 5

Malicious gossip

Question 6

What gender participants in relational aggression the most?

Answer 6

Girls

Question 7

T or F: more popular ppl use relational aggression

Answer 7

true

Question 8

What are the two forms of popularity?

Answer 8

-sociometric
-percieved

Question 9

What is sociometric popularity?

Answer 9

how well-liked an individual is

Question 10

What is perceived popularity?

Answer 10

How much status or prestige an individual has

Question 11

Why is predicting percieved popularity fluid?

Answer 11

-peers’ norms change
- socially competent adolescents are skilled at figuring them out to match them

Question 12

T or F: some aggressive teens are popular

Answer 12

true

Question 13

What is proactive aggression?

Answer 13

aggressive behavior that is delibrate and planned

Question 14

What type of aggression is unplanned and impulsive?

Answer 14

Reactive aggression

Question 15

T or F: popular teens are less likely to have close friendships

Answer 15

false:
they are more likely

Question 16

What kind of self-esteem do teens have when their peers like them?

Answer 16

a higher self-esteem

Question 17

What are the 3 types of unpopular teens?

Answer 17

• those who have problems controlling aggression
• withdrawn adolescents who are shy, anxious, and inhibited
• those who are both aggressive and withdrawn

Question 18

T or F: peer rejection in adolescence can often be traced to rejection during early years

Answer 18

true

Question 19

What is hostile attributional bias?

Answer 19

The tendency to interpret ambiguous interactions with others as deliberately hostile

Question 20

What fraction of students reported physical bullying in the past year?

Answer 20

1/3

Question 21

What is bullying differentiated by?

Answer 21

-Repetitive nature
- imbalance of power

Question 22

t or f: peer victimization diminishes adolescent’s self-esteem which often leads to more victimization

Answer 22

true