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Slender Man Case Study: Morgan Geyser's Case
In May of 2014 Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weir attempted to kill their friend. The girls stabbed their friend in an attempt to summon Slender Man, a fictitious monster who steals and eats children. According to the article, the girls stabbed their friend nineteen times. The attack was premeditated, Geyser and Weir pushed their plan of attack off a day to celebrate Geyser’s birthday (BBC). Through the lens of Slender Man case: Morgan Geyser, 14, in not guilty insanity plea, Geyser and Weir participated in two kinds of aggression, direct and instrumental.
According to our textbook direct aggression is “behavior intended to hurt someone to his or her face” (Kenrick, 314). When Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weir attacked their friend they were participating
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