annoys others with his actions regularly. Adviser – Advises the leader on decisions, often the smartest one. Thug – Like the Baddie, Although often smarter than he lets on, the Thug communicates primarily through nonverbal bullying. He typically appears popular, but may have had a rough past or childhood. Drifter—Like the Floater: closely moves from clique to clique and will stand up to the Leader. Cyberstalker—Like the Cyberbully: harasses or frightens someone by sending threatening emails, instant messages, phone calls and harassing. He also uses communication modes to stalk people. The Get Wits—Like the Torn bystander – Groupies of male clique: respected by adults as high-achieving "good kids", but only unsought tag-a-longs to the clique. Victim—Like the Target: also Outside of the clique; excluded, humiliated, harmed, injured and tricked. Although too rigid to be entirely accurate across samples, these basic denominations are useful for discussing general behavior and organization within cliques. The role hierarchies within cliques are significantly more stable than the individual members. Maintaining one's status and power requires constant effort. Queen Bees and Leaders must work the hardest to protect their positions and typically become manipulative and disliked in the process. For example, a Leader or Queen Bee may keep objective attention off of themself by unpredictably alternating praise and criticism of other members (see relational aggression). They may also change the way the clique views activities, values, and opinions of things to keep the other members unsure of where they stand in the group." The Leader or Queen Bee also maintains power over group membership—exercised through both tacit and explicit rejection of prospective members—as well as the final say in accepting new members, regardless of the opinions of other members. The majority of new memberships results from one of two approaches: invitation or application. The "invitation" approach originates within the clique: a current member of a clique invites a potential member either explicitly or by indirect socialization, which consists of the clique attempting to demonstrate the joys and benefits of membership. Aspiring peers who have not been invited can also "apply" by courting the lowest ranking members and progressing up to the Leader or Queen Bee who will decide whether to accept them. Elements of popularity Advanced and adaptable social skills are the best predictors of popularity, but further predictors of popularity are difficult to identify, primarily because the schema of "popularity" represents the interaction between two