Psychology assignment

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Running head: BULLYING

Annotated Bibliography

December 14, 2015

Annotated Bibliography

Caminiti, K. (2015, January 13). Bullying Can Cost Your School - and Your Students, and Their Parents. Mondaq Business Briefing. Retrieved December 13, 2015, from http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-397195858.html?

This article focuses on the astronomical effects of bullying on the involved institutions. The article primarily focuses on schools. The main message being convened by the article is that it is the responsibility of school authorities to curb bullying in their schools. Failure to do this might lead to huge losses by the schools in terms of the parents losing their faith in the ability of the school to objectively educate their children. The article points out that incidences in bullying points to gaping holes in the administrative techniques being employed at the school. It is important to note that confidence of parents in these institutions is a key determining factor of whether or not thy will keep their children in a given school or move them to a different school. If a child is bullied repeatedly without any notable improvement on the side of the administration then the school is very likely to lose the patronage of the student as well as the parents.

Discriminatory Bullying. : A New Intercultural Challenge. (2013). Milan: Springer.doi:10.1007/978-88-470-5235-2

This article acknowledges the fact that there are different types of bullying. The type of bullying employed in any given scenario is based on a number of prevailing factors which instigate the bullying incident to begin with. One such type of bullying is discriminatory bullying. Discriminatory bullying is mostly employed on people with aspects of diversity. The aspect of diversity can range from race to ethnicity to nationality and so on. Taking an example of the school setting there are instances where bullying will take place. This bullying is usually instigated by a number of factors such as the physical appearance of a child and so on. Thus, the article points out discriminatory bullying as an integral branch of bullying as a social phenomenon. This points out exactly why some people never experience bullying while some people experience bullying on a near daily basis. This is as a result of the discriminatory paradigm which tends to pick out certain people.

Misawa, M. (2015). Cuts and Bruises Caused by Arrows, Sticks, and Stones in Academia: Theorizing Three Types of Racist and Homophobic Bullying in Adult and Higher Education. Adult Learning, 26(1), 6-13. doi:10.1177/1045159514558413

This article recognizes the fact that bullying is a psycho sociological phenomenon. As such the concept of bullying can be theorized and effectively understood. The article proceeds to explore theories which explain the concept of bullying and why it is a prevalent social phenomenon irrespective of the level of sophistication of the society. Bullying can be thought of as part of the primal urge of human beings to dominate each other. This is a construct that lies in the psychosis of every human being but at different levels. An example of this is the urge by every human being to be successful and often the most successful among their peers. Thus, bullying is a mere extension of this psychological construct. It is an expression of the urge by human beings to dominate over each other. Not unlike other mechanisms aimed at this goal, this concept of bullying is often unbecoming and is based on the elevation of one human being at the expense of another.

Durr, S. (2011). Rivers, Ian. Homophobic bullying: research and theoretical perspectives. CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, (12). 2358. Members of the gay community are often the victims of bullying in a number of social settings.

This article focuses on the bullying of people due to their sexual orientation. Until recently members of the gay community were thought of as being social deviants. This case remains unchanged in most parts of the world especially in the developing countries. The result is a situation where the social construct of the community itself seems to be at war with members of the gay community. This makes them very easy targets when it comes to instances of bullying. It is very easy to bully members of the gay community if the entire society is against them. In some misguided constructs bullying of members of the gay community is perceived as being a service to the greater community. Thus, a bully would have a very easy time victimizing members of the gay community because they know very well that they will not be reprimanded for their actions.

What is bullying? (2015, Feb 26). Belfast Telegraph Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1658375179?accountid=32521 This article takes a fundamental look at the concept of bullying.

The article tries to define bullying through the most objective means possible. The article also attempts to analyze the factors that led to the development of bullying in society. There are a number of definitions of bullying which are advanced by this article. The first is that is a series of persistent actions intended to make the life of an individual very difficult and unpleasant. The person perpetrating these acts often derives a sense of satisfaction from the misery of the person that they are bulling. Thus, this is a construct which is an extension of sadism. In fact it can be thought of as being mild sadism. Another definition of bullying advanced by this article is that it is the act of intimidating a person who is weaker through repeated coercion. The term weaker can either be physical or emotional weakness.

Thompson, E. (2015, October 30). Bullying Isn't Just for Kids Anymore: Actually, It Never Really Was. Mondaq Business Briefing. Retrieved December 13, 2015, from http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-433155164.html?

This particular article seeks to dispel the popular lore that bullying as an exclusive preserve of children. For a very long time it has been thought off that bullying only existed in the social circles of children. This article proceeds to prove this to be a complete fallacy. Adults also perpetrate acts of bullying. The only difference is that adults tend to exercise an element of discretion in their bullying practices. They are not as blatant as children when it comes to bullying. The article then presents examples aimed at proving the hypothesis that bullying can exist at all ages and not just during childhood. An example can be extrapolated from a corporate work setting. At work there may be senior executives who seem to be bent of antagonizing the junior employees at the office this is a form of bullying. Even in the family setting there may be people who antagonize other relatives based on their social achievements.

Wightwick, A. (2009, Oct 10). Bullying still exists in all schools warns children's advocate. Western Mail Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/341813535?accountid=32521 This article aims to dispel reports that bullying has been completely eliminated from school.

The article recognizes that there has been a number of policy changes in schools aimed at curbing bullying. Thee policy changes include a penal code which stipulates very harsh punishments for the perpetrators of bulling in schools. The article, however, notes that the effectiveness of these policies depends on the willingness of administrative authorities to implement them. The article notes that the authorities tasked with implementation of these policies are proverbially sleeping on the job. These include school authorities which have been given the authority to dispense the provisions of the anti-bullying penal code. These authorities are failing to honor these provisions to the letter. The result has been the continued growth of the phenomenon of bullying due to the inaction of authorities who witness these bullying incidents. This inaction creates a sense of impunity in the bullies and they carry out their activities with more vigor.