{"id":21298,"date":"2022-01-31T21:47:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=21298"},"modified":"2022-02-03T03:48:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T02:48:05","slug":"boredom-and-sadistic-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/01\/boredom-and-sadistic-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Boredom and Sadistic Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What brings about sadism? A study made by a team of researchers at Aarhus University has found evidence that people who are bored behave more sadistically to reduce the effects of being indifferent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article below about how boredom leads to setting off sadistic behavior and be ready to answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2022-01-boredom-factor-sadistic-behavior.html#:~:text=A%20team%20of%20researchers%20at,in%20setting%20off%20sadistic%20behavior.&amp;text=A%20closer%20look%20showed%20that,others%20more%20often%20when%20bored.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2022-01-boredom-factor-sadistic-behavior.html#:~:text=A%20team%20of%20researchers%20at,in%20setting%20off%20sadistic%20behavior.&amp;text=A%20closer%20look%20showed%20that,others%20more%20often%20when%20bored.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What are your thoughts on the results of this study?<\/li><li>What do you think of trolling behavior of people online because they are bored?<\/li><li>What bores you? How does boredom make you feel? What do you do when you get bored?<\/li><li>What was the strangest thing you did out of boredom?<\/li><li>How would you help someone who says they are bored?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate What brings about sadism? A study made by a team of researchers at Aarhus University has found evidence that people who are bored behave more sadistically to reduce the effects of being indifferent. 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