Mary and Paul made a great deal of money recently by winning the lottery. They come from families of little education or money. They moved to a beautiful new home in a neighborhood well known for the wealth and high social status of its residents. The neighbors have been unfriendly to them, ignore their attempts to make friends, and talk badly to each other about the new family in the neighborhood. This is an example of <u>relational </u>aggression.
In the field of sociology, such a type of aggression that targets the social relationships pr status of a person rather than physically hurting him is referred to as relational aggression.
Relational aggression occurs when a person does not believe the other person to belong to his social status.
In the scenario mentioned in the question, Mary and Paul became rich after winning a lottery so the new neighborhood was unfriendly to them because they believed them to not be of their social status. Instead of physical aggression, they showed relational aggression by being unfriendly to them.
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