Cliques & Crowds Flashcards
What is a peer?
a person who is the same age or has the same social positions or the same abilities as other people in a group
What are some examples of peers?
- people the same age as you
- classmates
-teammates - co-workers
What size groups do children usually have?
mainly small group ones
Who do teens spend more time with?
crowds
How does time spent withpeer groups change as children go into adolescence?
there is an increase in adolescence in the amount of time they spend with peers
What developmental term causes peer groups to change?
- puberty
What do the cognitive changes of adolescences have to do with relationships?
they allow a more sophisticated understanding of social relationships
What is a reference group?
a group against which an individual compares themselves
T or F: teens judge one another on the basis of the company they keep, and become branded on the bais of the people they hang out with
true
What is a crowd?
reputation-based clusters of youths, whose function in part is to help solidify young people’s social and personal identity
What is membership in a crowd based on?
reputation and stereotypes
Who do crowds usually follow?
their crowd leader
T or F: reinforcing the crowds norms leads to them feeling better about themselves
true
How do crowds change in adolescence?
- more differentiated
- more permeable
- less hierarchial
What is a clique?
small, tightly knit groups of between 2 & 12 friends generally the same sex and age
What are the 3 factors that are important for determing clique membership?
- orientation toward school
- orientation toward the teen culture
- involvement in antisocial activty
What is age grading?
the process of grouping individuals within social institutions on the basis of age
What percent of Americans are between age 10 & 19?
13%
T or F: age grouping in junior & senior year makes it likely that an individual will have friends who are susbtantially younger or older
false, it makes it unlikely
What does age segregation appear to result from?
structure of schools
T or F: teens’ online friends are more similar in age than the friends they make at school
false, they are less similar
What is sex segregation due to?
early shared activities and interests
Once dating becomes the norm what happens to those who lack relationships?
they are objects of strong suspicion and social rejection
