Crick and Dodge (1994) and Dodge and Pettit (2003) have presented a social–cognitive model to account for the behavior of socially aggressive boys. As outlined by their model, discuss the steps in the thinking and behavior of aggressive children in social situations

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Step 1: Encoding. Socially aggressive children use fewer cues before making a decision. When defining and resolving an interpersonal situation, they seek less information about the event before acting.
Step 2: Interpretation. Socially aggressive children attribute hostile intentions to ambiguous events.
Step 3: Response Search. Socially aggressive children generate fewer and more aggressive responses and have less knowledge about social problem solving.
Step 4: Response Decision. Socially aggressive children are more likely to choose aggressive solutions.
Step 5: Enactment. Socially aggressive children use poor verbal communication and strike out physically.