Chapter 5- Peers Flashcards
- Grade 4 –>
- Grade 7 –>
- Grade 10–>
- Late adolescence & college –>
Most time is spent with?
Fill in the blanks with these: same sex friends, romantic partners, parents.
- Grade 4 –> parents
- Grade 7 –> same-sex friends; parents
- Grade 10–> same-sex friendships
- Late adolescence & college –> romantic partner
What is Sullivan’s theory of interpersonal development?
What is the goal? What is the key?
5pts
- Distinction between intimacy and sexuality
- Intimacy comes before sexuality
- First develops in same sex friendships/relationships
- Goal: establish intimacy + sexual contact
- Key: security in relationships
Intimacy with BLANK drops in BLANK but restored in adulthood
parents, adolescence
Are boys or girls more intimate in friendships and romantic relationships?
Girls
Less likely to be jealous; conflicts are briefer; deal using humour
Boys or girls?
Boys
For both boys and girls are relationships with friends and parents or parents less stressful?
Relationships with friends and partners are less stressful than with parent
What are 4 types of social support according to Berndt?
What are 3 things they look for in friendships?
7pts
- Informational
- Instrumental
- Companionship
- Esteem
- Loyalty, commitment, genuineness
What is the selection process for making friends as an adolescent?
- Propinquity (physical closeness)
- Similarity
- Friendship homophily: forming friendships based on shared age, race/ethnicity, gender, social attitudes, normative behaviors, experiences
What is a clique vs crowd?
Clique:
- Average 6 people, girls> boys
- Main social context of interaction
Crowds:
- Reputation- based clusters
- More differentiated in early to mid adolescence
- Fundamental need to belong
- Ingroup/outgroup
- Establish social identity & derive meaning
- Conflict: perceived or real threat to the collective
What theory is this?
Social Identity Theory
What is sociometric popularity vs perceived popularity?
2pts
Sociometric popularity: Actually liked/accepted by others
Perceived popularity: Social dominance, prestige
What are 4 categories of popularity?
4pts
- Popular: many positive/liked + few negative/disliked nominations
- Neglected: few positive/ liked or disliked/negative nominations
- Controversial: many positive/liked + disliked/negative nominations
Rejected: few positive/liked + many negative/disliked nominations
3 factors in defining bullying?
power imbalance, intentionality, repetition
Behavior depends on social pressures.
What theory is this?
Social impact theory
Conformity associated with likeability & acceptance
What theory is this?
Social misfit theory
What is reactive vs proactive aggression?
Give examples.
4pts
Reactive aggression: emotional response to a perceived threat or provocation
Ex- punching another kid after he kept calling you names
Proactive aggression: Initiating aggression to gain something
Ex- Bullying another student to gain popularity
What is instrumental vs relational aggression?
2pts
Instrumental/proactive aggression: Initiating aggression to gain something
Relational aggression: ridicule, gossip, exclusion
Rejected-aggressive teens tend to see what others do in a hostile light and retaliate with hostility.
What concept is this?
Hostile attribution bias
Intense anxiety, very dependent in relationship, may seek lots of emotional support and reassurance, can’t stand being alone/constantly have to be with somebody.
What attachment style is this an example of?
Anxious resistant
Seek friendships some days and other days seeking isolation
What attachment style is this an example of?
Anxious avoidant
Comes from parents who have issues- parents may be abusive, distant, love hate relationship, difficult regulating emotions/mood swings, intense fear of abandonment, may experience dissociation, seen in more abusive families, and kids and families who’ve experience trauma, seen in problematic parents.
What attachment style is this an example of?
Disorganized
More likely to have healthy and trusting relationships with peers.
What attachment style is this an example of?
Secure attachment
