1. Why Do Bullies Exhibit The Behaviours They Do?
Response to Class Questions
Question 1: Children with exceptionalities like ADHD or children on the autism spectrum typically are aggressive due to these genetic issues. With this in mind, why do you think those children are typically bullied rather than bullying others?
There is a drive and purpose behind why bullies exhibit the behaviours they do. It can be concluded through looking at the evolutionary theories of why people bully, that bullies behave in the way they do to reach a goal, whether that goal is to gain recourses, to achieve good mental health or to gain physical protection (Koh & Wong, 2015). When children with autism or other exceptionalities exhibit similar behaviours such as aggression, they are not doing so to reach a goal. The behaviours that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit are not always behaviours that they are in control of. Research done by Oberman and Ramachandran (2007) found that children with ASD struggle to process their feelings during social interactions, therefore their behavioural response may not always be appropriate and this is why they may demonstrate aggressive behaviours similar to bullies. Their behaviours come from neurological deficit and are often beyond …show more content…
Even when examining specific genes linked to personality traits, it is not possible to know which ones will be expressed in that child or whether or not the genes the parent has that may contribute to them being a bully are dominant or recessive genes. If personality related genes such as the DRD4 gene where to get passed down to the child from one parent, this also does not mean that this gene will be expressed in the same way or at all making it again, impossible to predict whether or not a child of a parent who bullies, will also be a bully (Book et al.,
Question 1: Children with exceptionalities like ADHD or children on the autism spectrum typically are aggressive due to these genetic issues. With this in mind, why do you think those children are typically bullied rather than bullying others?
There is a drive and purpose behind why bullies exhibit the behaviours they do. It can be concluded through looking at the evolutionary theories of why people bully, that bullies behave in the way they do to reach a goal, whether that goal is to gain recourses, to achieve good mental health or to gain physical protection (Koh & Wong, 2015). When children with autism or other exceptionalities exhibit similar behaviours such as aggression, they are not doing so to reach a goal. The behaviours that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit are not always behaviours that they are in control of. Research done by Oberman and Ramachandran (2007) found that children with ASD struggle to process their feelings during social interactions, therefore their behavioural response may not always be appropriate and this is why they may demonstrate aggressive behaviours similar to bullies. Their behaviours come from neurological deficit and are often beyond …show more content…
Even when examining specific genes linked to personality traits, it is not possible to know which ones will be expressed in that child or whether or not the genes the parent has that may contribute to them being a bully are dominant or recessive genes. If personality related genes such as the DRD4 gene where to get passed down to the child from one parent, this also does not mean that this gene will be expressed in the same way or at all making it again, impossible to predict whether or not a child of a parent who bullies, will also be a bully (Book et al.,