5-credit course offered Spring 2012:
EDPSY 420 Bullies, victims, and bystanders: Social power in school and workplace
Either in school or the workplace, most individuals encounter bullying as an aggressor, victim or bystander. Individuals may also have supervisory responsibilities for groups in which bullying and retaliation occur. Classroom participation, academic achievement, workplace productivity and mental health indicators typically decline after people are bullied. Yet rigorous research indicates that bullying, retaliation, and destructive bystander behavior decrease given systemic intervention. This class will draw on developmental, social psychological, evolutionary and sociocultural models and research to understand how individual characteristics, peers, organizations and culture may influence bullying and retaliation cycles. Practical solutions and barriers to intervention will be addressed.
