Chapter 8: Friends Peers Flashcards
Angel is making new friends and is interested in activities that bring friends together. Angel is most likely a __________.
Early adolescent girl
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 __________.
Mid-adolescent girl
_____ friendships tend to last longer.
GUYS
There’s not a lot of talk. The closeness is there but the talk is not. What the guys are really looking for is ______.
loyalty.
Early adolescent boys are centered on _____.
shared activities
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).
group identity ; personal identity
Small groups of friends who know each other well, do things together and form a regular social group.
Cliques
Larger, reputation-based groups of adolescents who are not necessarily friends and do not necessarily spend time together (based on social categories)
Crowds
The 5 reputation based groups under crowd:
(1) the elites (2) the athletes (3) the academics (4) the deviants (5) other - the normals or the nobodies.
Less differentiated ; two main groups: in crowd & out-crowd.
Middle School (Early Adolescence)
Become more differentiated and more influential.
Early High School (Mid-Adolescence)
Become yet more differentiated, more niches for people to “fit into”, less hierarchical and less influential.
Later High School (Late Adolescence)
Peer groups regulate the ____ _____ ______. Those who fall too far behind or move too far ahead are dropped from the group.
pace of socialization.
_________ are socially active and in several cliques:
Liasons
________ have a few friends and are not part of the social network.
Isolates
Popular adolescents: _____ ______ is how much others like you.
Social Preference
Popular adolescents: _____ ______ is how much other LOOK UP to you.
Social Prestige
The popular adolescents often use ____ or _____ ____ to achieve and maintain their status.
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.
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.)
Neglected adolescents
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.
Rejected adolescents
More friendly and cooperative than rejected or neglected peers, similar social skills as popular adolescents.
Average adolescents
Tend to be confident, sociable, and socially skilled, may be aggressive and more likely to engage in problem behaviors.
Controversial adolescents
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 __________.
Late adolescent girl
