A high school athlete attempts to psych-out his counterpart on a rival team by questioning his ability and his masculinity on social media ahead of an important game. This example illustrates _____ aggression.

Respuesta :

Answer: Relational aggression or instrumental/emotional aggression and also cyberbullying.

Explanation:

Instrumental aggression is a cognitive process that is well planned and articulated. It is well planned aggression whereby the aggressive person uses emotional blackmail of questioning someone competence. This kind of blackmail is with intention to hurt the person's performance by taking a part of relational aggression thereby damaging the social status of his opponent. Psychologist has predicted that emotional and instrumental aggression goes hand in hand and sometimes can do without each other.cyberbullying involves using the social media to discredit or devalue someone.