Question

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines bullying as “unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.”
– “Bullying and Stress”

Based on the passage, which actions can be considered bullying? Check all that apply.

taunting someone
tripping someone
spitting on someone
disagreeing with someone
threatening to hurt someone
breaking someone’s belongings

Answer 1

Answer: taunting someone, tripping someone, spitting on someone, threatening to hurt someone and breaking someone's belongings

Explanation: All of these actions are perceived as bullying. These these actions are unwanted by the victim and actions such as spitting on someone, tripping someone and breaking belongings fall under aggressive behaviors. There is a difference with disagreeing with someone and disagreeing rudely, though, I would not consider disagreeing with someone bullying.

Answer 2

Answer:

a, b, c, e, f

Explanation: