Jasmine Tried to Break Up the Friendship Between Heather and Lonnie

question 83

Multiple Choice

Jasmine tried to break up the friendship between Heather and Lonnie by telling Heather that she had heard Lonnie making fun of her behind her back. What form of aggression did Jasmine use?

• A)bullying
• B)relational aggression
• C)reactive aggression
• D)instrumental aggression

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Definitions:

Experimental

Pertaining to a method of research that involves the manipulation of variables to establish cause and effect relationships.

Correlational

Relating to a statistical relationship between two or more variables, where changes in one variable are associated with changes in another, without implying causation.

Confounding Results

Outcomes in research that cannot be accurately attributed to the variables under examination because of the influence of extraneous variables.

Independent Variable

A variable that is manipulated in an experiment to investigate its effect on a dependent variable.