The Bullying Effect
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Executive Summary
Team
1. Introduction
1.1 Previous Work
1.2 The Project
1.2.1 Model 1 - Bystander
1.2.2 Model 2 - Frally
1.2.3 Model 3 - Force Field
2. Computational Model
2.1 Spaceland
2.2 Agents
2.3 Programming
2.4 Data Monitoring
2.5 Interface
3. Results
4. Conclusion
5. Most Significant Achievement
6. Future Work
Glossary
Acknowledgements
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Appendix A - Interviews
Appendix B - Presentations
Appendix C – Game Results
Appendix D – Related Statistics
Bibliography
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Make a Difference...Be a Frally
StarLogo Demo
Slide Show
Poll
Glossary
Bully
- A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people.
Bullying
- The repeated act to physically or mentally intentionally hurt someone.
Bystander
- Someone who watches the bullying act but does not do anything, they might even encourage the bullying to keep going.
Controlled Variable
- Something that is constant and unchanged in an experiment.
Dependent Variable
- A variable that depends on other factors.
Frally
- The bystander who chooses to get involved and interferes; the friend, the ally.
Frallies
- More than one frally.
Independent Variable
- A variable that stands alone and is not changed by the other variables you are trying to measure.
Self-Esteem
- Confidence and satisfaction in oneself.
StarLogo
- An agent-based simulation language.
YlluB
- This is Bully spelled backwards. We chose this to represent the positive effect frallies have on bullies.