PSYCH 133A Lecture : Week 7
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Social exclusion & bullying: definition of bullying, reasons underlying bullying behavior, effects of bullying on victims & social norms, environmental effects of bullying and distress of victims, intervention challenges & approaches. In addition to friendships, cliques, and crowds, critical to recognize status differences. By adolescence, liked peers are not necessarily popular; popular not liked. Disliked peers not only excluded, but frequently also bullied. Mood effects of experimental social exclusion (cyberball) Popular kids think they are liked because everyone wants to hang out with them. Overt: leave the table when you sit down. Covert: stay at the table and no one talks to you. A group of people against one person. By peer nominantions: ask children to name individuals. Peer nominations refer to a method of data collection that involves asking a group of peers to nominate individuals who they perceive as. If this is true, we should be able to take in account in variation among classrooms and childrens status.
