Two Children, Gary and Ken, Are Faced with the Same

Essay

Two children, Gary and Ken, are faced with the same social situation. Each is pushed by another child as the class runs to the playground for recess. Gary is an aggressive child, whereas Ken is not aggressive. For each of these two children, describe how they would be likely to answer each of these questions: (1) Why did that child push you? (2) What did you try to do after that child pushed you? (3) What are different ways you might have reacted to the child pushing you? (4) How successful do you think you will be in dealing with this type of situation in the future?