SOCI 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 88: Cyberbullying, Ascribed Status, Truancy
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Using physical strength of emotional influence to intimidate another person. Power: targets are typically perceived as powerless or different. Cyberbullying occurs with greater frequency than standard bullying. Boys more likely to bully in general. More likely to experience in person bullying. Race schools with more diversity report less bullying. 40% of lbgtq students are physically bullied and 85% are verbally bullied. More likely to have suicidal thoughts than other youth. The greater the number of witnesses present during an emergency, the less likely individuals to intervene or offer aid. Video of guy laying on the ground yelling for help and no one helps him until they send another actor to go and help him. Reference card experiment: which line is the same as the reference card and it"s obvious. Get participants together, has a plant say the wrong answer and everyone agrees. When they set it up with no wrong answer everyone gets it right.
