Chapter 5: Peers Flashcards
how are peer groups different in contemporary societies
narrowly defined and age segregated (due to age education)
when was age grading developed
19th century
but It was not until the second quarter of the twentieth century, however, that most adolescents were directly affected by educational age grouping
T: Groups of individuals of approximately the same age.
peer groups
T: The process of grouping individuals within social institutions on the basis of age.
age grading
Perhaps the most important factor influencing the rise of adolescent peer groups in contemporary society was….
the rapid growth of the teenage population between 1955
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and 1975.
when was the adol boom
The products of this baby boom became adolescents during the 1960s and early 1970s, creating an “adolescent boom” for about 15 years
how much of the pop were adol before and after the adol boom
The size of the population ages 15–19 nearly doubled between 1955 and 1975 and, more importantly, rose from less than 7% of the total population to well over 10%
During the mid-1970s more than … Americans was a teenager.
1 out of every 6
when did the adol boom stop and begin declining
1975 to 1995 growing again since then
Today, approximately …% of Americans (about 42 million people) are between ages 10 and 19.
13
is adol rate expected to go up or down
down
patterns of change in adol pop are universal
f patterns of change in the size of the adolescent population vary considerably around the world, mainly because of different birth rates
where is adol pop highest around the world
developing countries like Arab lowest in industrialized countries like Japan
Social scientists track the size of the adolescent population for several reasons.
- changes in the number of adolescents may warrant changes in the allocation of funds for social services, educational programs, and health care, since adolescents’ needs are not the same as those of children or adults.
- changes in the size of the adolescent population have implications for understanding the behavior of cohorts
a crowded cohort =
competition for jobs public attention
Is the rise of peer groups in modern society necessarily a bad thing?
claim that age segregation has led to the development of a separate youth culture, in which young people maintain attitudes and values that are different from—even contrary to—those of adults. But some argue that industrialization and modernization have made peer groups more important, that adults alone can no longer prepare young people for the future, and that peer groups play a vital role in the socialization of adolescents for adulthood
recent studies have found that adolescents engage in more …3 when they are with their peers than when they are by themselves
exploratory behavior, behave more prosocially, and learn faster
why cant children be educated in kinship based societies
need to learn different norms
not an effective strategy for socializing them for adulthood, since their family ties, not their age, determine what their rights and responsibilities are.
why can industruazed societies educate groups all together
the rules governing behavior apply equally to all members of the community.
age groups are necessary in ind societies why
modernization
Without systematic age grouping in schools, it would be impossible to prepare young people for adulthood.
Cultures in which the socialization of young people is done primarily by adults. because they will live the same way :T
postfigurative cultures
T: Cultures in which young people are socialized both by adults and by each other.
cofigurative cultures
Cultures in which society is changing so quickly that adults are frequently socialized by young people, rather than the reverse.:T
prefigurative cultures
in prefig cultures the adolescents of the future will cease to profit from having close relationships with adults
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