Chapter Eight: Friends And Peers - Key Terms Flashcards
Bullying
In peer relations, the aggressive assertion of power by one person over another.
cliques
Small groups of friends who know each other well, do things together, and form a regular social group.
companionship support
Between friends, reliance on each other as companions in social activities.
controversial adolescents
Adolescents who are aggressive but who also possess social skills, so that they evoke strong emotions both positive and negative from their peers.
Crowds
Large, reputation-based groups of adolescents.
cyberbullying
Bullying via electronic means, mainly through the Internet.
demeanor
In Brake’s description of youth cultures, refers to distinctive forms of gesture, gait, and posture.
dormitory
In some traditional cultures, a dwelling in which the community’s adolescents sleep and spend their leisure time.
Esteem support
The support friends provide each other by providing congratulations for success and encouragement or consolation for failure.
Image
In Brake’s description of the characteristics of youth culture, refers to dress, hair style, jewelry, and other aspects of appearance.
informational support
Between friends, advice and guidance in solving personal problems.
instrumental support
Between friends, help with tasks of various kinds.
Intimacy
The degree to which two people share personal knowledge, thoughts, and feelings.
men’s house
In some traditional cultures, a dormitory where adolescent boys sleep and hang out along with adult men who are widowed or divorced.
neglected adolescents
Adolescents who have few or no friends and are largely unnoticed by their peers.
participant observation
A research method that involves taking part in various activities with the people being studied, and learning about them through participating in the activities with them.
rejected adolescents
Adolescents who are actively disliked by their peers.
relational aggression
A form of nonphysical aggression that harms others by damaging their relationships, for example by excluding them socially or spreading rumors about them.
selective association
The principle that most people tend to choose friends who are similar to themselves.
Slang
An informal vocabulary and grammar that is different from that of the native language.
social information processing
The interpretation of others’ behaviour and intentions in a social interaction.
Social skills
Skills for successfully handling social relations and getting along well with others.
sociometry
A method for assessing popularity and unpopularity that involves having students rate the social status of other students.
Style
The distinguishing features of youth culture, including image, demeanour, and argot.
subterranean values
Values such as hedonism, excitement, and adventure, asserted by sociologists to be the basis of youth culture.
Youth culture
The culture of young people as a whole, separate from children and separate from adult society, characterized by values of hedonism and irresponsibility.
argot (pronounced ar-go)
In youth culture, a certain vocabulary and a certain way of speaking.
