Book - Ch.2

Question 1

Peer

Answer 1

Someone your age (in sociology)

Question 2

Change in routine activities of 17 years old

Answer 2

• The automobile (p. 11)
• Jobs outside of home
• Growing afluence

Question 3

Some attraction to peers is to be ex- pected among adolescents - why?

Answer 3

“parent-child relationships are inherently asymmetrical [whereas] peer relationships, in contrast, can be more symmetrical and egalitarian”

Question 4

Intergenerational social capital

Answer 4

the contribution that adults make to the development of the young – is dissipated, he argues, when young people (or, for that matter, adults) are preoccupied with their own generation (Coleman and Hoffer, 1987; Coleman, 1990).

Question 5

Propinquity

Answer 5

proximity

Question 6

Situation hypothesis

Answer 6

adolescents turn to peers for help with current dilemmas and to parents for help with future concerns (e.g., educational/employment plans).

Question 7

Two types of influence

Answer 7

• Parental

- Peer