Can we really raise children to be moral if we discipline children immorally? The way we discipline our children determines the way they understand what they did wrong, how they will behave in the future and how they will discipline their own children. Unfortunately much of what we do in the name of discipline is immoral and causes more harm than good. This is why bullying has been becoming a more serious problem. In the book "Lost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood" by Christian Smith, he sheds light on why bullying may be on the rise.
According to Dr. Daniel, there in no one cause of bullying. Peer, individual, school and communication factors can all contribute to why a child feels the need to bully (“What Makes a Bully”). In Pediatric Views: What Makes a Bully, Dr. Daniel states, “Bullying is a way to gain power…It’s a different philosophical stance to try to gain power over a person through bullying, versus negotiating” (What Makes a Bully). Aggression that builds up and is released in an aggressive behavior leads to bullying (“The Bully as a Victim?”). A person can start to get aggressive when they are being neglected, rejected, or have insufficient attention; thus all leading to bullying (“The Bully as a Victim?”).
Example: child X (being the bully) jokes with child V (the victim) and child V is offended by X’s joke. Such type of bullying affects both the victim and the “bully” – when this happens for more than once child V will start to feel less confident. However, as a result of a repetitive behaviour from the child X the “bully” will be excluded by the rest of the class or group. Effects As already mentioned previously, the effects of bullying does not only affect the bullied person, but also the bully him/herself. However another bracket of people who are affected by the action of bullying are the people witnessing the actual bullying.
(Freud) Aggressive & violent behaviours? (Observational learning: Abusers - foster parents) From the painful & traumatic childhood Will had, perhaps that was his way of:- getting a sense of power (from the powerless situation he was in with the abuses he had) getting attention( from the neglect & lack of attention he had with foster parents?) indirect, non-verbal “call-out” that he had been tremendously hurt & abused low self efficacy? (Albert Bandura) Q3) To include the following factors: Counselling session with the psychologist & hypnotist To elaborate: Failure of the counselling sessions was not only attributed from the therapists but also from Will who had consciously & deliberately put up resistance, barrier & shield from them getting deeper into his
He defied his foster parents rules and go in trouble at school. He had brushes with the law. For a short period, he developed into a product of his early environment. Teisl and Cicchetti (2008) state, “Physically abused children, in particular, were noted to be at unique risk for the development of aggression and disruptive behavior problems through the impact of abuse on maladaptive functioning in both cognitive and affective areas” (p. 19). Dave lacked direction and
Antisocial behavior and aggression has been shown to link back to the rejection of those around you as a young child. It is believed that peer rejection at a young age is the cause of later stress while also affecting the development in that child. “It is hypothesized that, as a provocation stimulus, peer social rejection will lead children to respond with increased reactive and proactive aggressive behavior,” (Dodge & Coie, 2987). This quote narrows the article down to one main subject; that subject being the aggression caused in a child caused by rejection from peers or others around them. Not only does social rejection cause stress and aggression in a young child, it results in stress among the family due to the child’s behavioral changes.
Don’t Call Me Ishmael Intro: Thesis-What is the main point you are trying to get across. Bullying is a growing modern day problem with almost everyone reaping its negative effects for some period of time in their life, especially during high school. “Don’t call me Ishmael” is a realistic young adult novel written by Michael Gerard Bauer. In the novel the author raises the issue of bullying, clearly outlining how cruel it is. Written in first person the protagonist and narrator Ishmael Leseur is faced with a school bully (Barry Bagsley), instead of standing up for himself, he isolates himself at school and home becoming more alone than ever.
20) and even when Wellenda was abusing of Antwone making him to have a sexual abuse hitting him and telling him bad words that make him shake of afraid. “My hands shake as I started to undress...” (pg.44). It shows how Antwone grow up without a family, been lonely and abused as a kid during his childhood, who was an innocent kid and don’t even know nothing. May be the cause for been abused, born in jail and lonely with a killer family would be the reason fo why he may be rude or fell sorry for himself. Another reason for why Antwone Quentin fisher is a role model is because he make difficult choices, he was a homeless when he decided to join the army even when he doesn’t have nothing in the world in that moment, and losing his best friend Jessie who represent too much for Antwone, who he saw how he was shooting and seeing how he was dying.
Name: David Fletcher Class: Introduction to Psychology Day: Mon/Wed 12:30 – 3:20 Instructor: Ammeter, Tammy L Assignment: Emotion and Motivation Research Article Due Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Emotion and Motivation Are the Competent Morally Good? Perspective Taking and Moral Motivation of Children Involve in Bullying Key Terms: Bully: someone uses coercion or inflicts abuse to affect others habitually creating an imbalance of power. Victim: a person who is deceived, cheated or injured by force Bully-Victim: one who displays both characteristics of the bully and the victim Pro-social behavior: behaviors carried out with the intentions to help others Perspective taking: understanding
Research shows that bullying is a very controversial subject that can be seen as a crime to some but not to others depending on the nature and severity of the bullying. It is a widespread problem that unfortunately most children have to go through at some point in their lives. Bullying is a conscious, wilful, deliberate, hostile and repeated behaviour by one or more people which is intended to harm others. What do people in today’s society really think of bullying? What can they do to help these victims?