Chapter 13

Question 1

Peers

Answer 1

People of approximately the same age and status who are unrelated to one another

Question 2

Play

Answer 2

Voluntary activities, particularly those of children, with no specific motivation beyond their inherent enjoyment

Question 3

Friend

Answer 3

A person with whom an individual has an intimate, reciprocated, positive relationship

Question 4

Peer socialization hypothesis

Answer 4

Peers are similar to one another because adolescents adapt their behavior to be more like their influential peers

Question 5

Peer selection hypothesis

Answer 5

Peers are similar to one another because adolescents choose friends who are similar to them and engage in the same behaviors they do

Question 7

Sociometric status

Answer 7

A measurement that reflects the degree to which children are liked or disliked by their peers as a group

Question 8

Popular (peer status)

Answer 8

Children or adolescents who are viewed positively by many peers and are viewed negatively by few peers

Question 9

Rejected (peer status)

Answer 9

Children or adolescents who are liked by few peers and disliked by many peers

Question 10

Aggressive-rejected (peer status)

Answer 10

Children who are viewed by their peers as especially prone to physical aggression, disruptive behavior, delinquency, and negative behavior such as hostility and threatening others

Question 11

Withdrawn-rejected (peer status)

Answer 11

Rejected children who are socially withdrawn, wary, and often timid

Question 12

Neglected (peer status)

Answer 12

Children or adolescents who are infrequently mentioned as either liked or disliked; they simply are not noticed much by peers

Question 13

Controversial (peer status)

Answer 13

Children or adolescents who are liked by quite a few peers and are disliked by quite a few others

Question 14

Cyberbullying

Answer 14

Repeated and intentional harassment or mistreatment of an individual via digital devices such as smartphones, computers, and tablets