Your 14-Year-Old Sister Is Constantly Being Harassed at School

question 212

Multiple Choice

Your 14-year-old sister is constantly being harassed at school.She has done all that she can to avoid and prevent the bullying besides just dropping out of school.She has decided that all she can do is try to avoid the perpetrators.You tell her that the bullying will __________.

• A)intensify as adolescence continues
• B)remain about the same throughout adolescence
• C)slowly decline by late adolescence
• D)decrease substantially by late adolescence

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Definitions:

Buss And Plomin

Researchers known for their work on the genetic and environmental bases of personality, particularly in the context of temperament.

Three-Dimensional Model

A theoretical framework that assesses a phenomenon along three different axes or dimensions to provide a comprehensive evaluation.

Basic Temperament

An individual's inherent predisposition to react to situations in a certain way, which is typically evident in early childhood and believed to be partly genetic.