One of Your Students,Janet,seems to Go Out of Her Way

question 57

Essay

One of your students,Janet,seems to go out of her way to make other children feel bad. Sometimes she spreads malicious,untrue rumors about people. Sometimes she convinces some of her classmates to snub others by ignoring them,excluding them from group activities,and so on. With Janet's behavior in mind:
a. Determine whether she is displaying physical or relational aggression.
b. Determine whether she is displaying proactive or reactive aggression.
c. Drawing on what psychologists have learned about the underlying cognitive causes of aggression,identify three possible reasons why Janet may be acting so aggressively.

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