Chapter 8: Friends Peers

Question 1

Angel is making new friends and is interested in activities that bring friends together. Angel is most likely a __________.

Answer 1

Early adolescent girl

Question 2

Jody is in high school and is in the process of making friends. Jody is more interested in the personal quality of friends and want friends they can trust (feeling anxiety about the trust). - intimacy and self-disclosure. Jody is most likely a __________.

Answer 2

Mid-adolescent girl

Question 3

_____ friendships tend to last longer.

Answer 3

GUYS

Question 4

There’s not a lot of talk. The closeness is there but the talk is not. What the guys are really looking for is ______.

Answer 4

loyalty.

Question 5

Early adolescent boys are centered on _____.

Answer 5

shared activities

Question 6

The psychosocial task in early adolescence is one of forming a _______ ______ more than of achieving a ______ ______ (we don’t want to stand out as weird. we want to belong to a group and conform).

Answer 6

group identity ; personal identity

Question 7

Small groups of friends who know each other well, do things together and form a regular social group.

Answer 7

Cliques

Question 8

Larger, reputation-based groups of adolescents who are not necessarily friends and do not necessarily spend time together (based on social categories)

Answer 8

Crowds

Question 9

The 5 reputation based groups under crowd:

Answer 9

(1) the elites (2) the athletes (3) the academics (4) the deviants (5) other - the normals or the nobodies.

Question 10

Less differentiated ; two main groups: in crowd & out-crowd.

Answer 10

Middle School (Early Adolescence)

Question 11

Become more differentiated and more influential.

Answer 11

Early High School (Mid-Adolescence)

Question 12

Become yet more differentiated, more niches for people to “fit into”, less hierarchical and less influential.

Answer 12

Later High School (Late Adolescence)

Question 13

Peer groups regulate the ____ _____ ______. Those who fall too far behind or move too far ahead are dropped from the group.

Answer 13

pace of socialization.

Question 14

_________ are socially active and in several cliques:

Answer 14

Liasons

Question 15

________ have a few friends and are not part of the social network.

Answer 15

Isolates

Question 16

Popular adolescents: _____ ______ is how much others like you.

Answer 16

Social Preference

Question 17

Popular adolescents: _____ ______ is how much other LOOK UP to you.

Answer 17

Social Prestige

Question 18

The popular adolescents often use ____ or _____ ____ to achieve and maintain their status.

Answer 18

physical or relational aggression. Physical - putting someone in the trash can, putting their head in the toilet, tripping them in the lunch room so that their tray goes flying. Relational - damaging relationships by sabotage.

Question 19

Have difficulty making and maintaining friends due to their poor social skills, may fail to approach others because of their negative self-image
Example: a friend from high school high fives about everything. (they are trying but it is awkward.)

Answer 19

Neglected adolescents

Question 20

Engage in few prosocial behaviors and appear to lack social skills that would help them to get along better with peers, may be aggressive
Example: loner who can be mean & scary when provoked.

Answer 20

Rejected adolescents

Question 21

More friendly and cooperative than rejected or neglected peers, similar social skills as popular adolescents.

Answer 21

Average adolescents

Question 22

Tend to be confident, sociable, and socially skilled, may be aggressive and more likely to engage in problem behaviors.

Answer 22

Controversial adolescents

Question 23

Morgan is interested in Personalities. More of Morgan’s friends are of the opposite sex b/c their personality is more complimentary to theirs. Morgan is most likely a __________.

Answer 23

Late adolescent girl