Definitions - Week 11 Flashcards
Group Socialization Theory
children’s personalities are shaped chiefly by their interactions with peers and not through interaction with their parents
Interactions
Any social activity in which two or more individuals are engaged and that includes what the individuals are doing and how they are doing it
Relationships
Frequent interactions between two individual occurring overtime
Friendships
A reciprocal relationship between peers in that two children each nominate one another as a friend and have positive feelings toward one another
Peer Grouped
Peer organization where members interact on a regular basis, define a sense of belonging share implicit or explicit norms for the behaviour of their members and develop a hierarchical organization
Dominance Hierarchy
The relatively stable organization of a group in which some members are seen as the leaders and others the followers
Cliques
Small relatively stable social groups that children join voluntarily
Crowds
Large groups of adolescents who share activities of have similar stereotype reputations
Popularity
Likability. The extent to which a child is sought out by others
Popular children
Children who are mentioned frequently and positively by their peers in sociometric assessment
Rejected children
Children who are mentioned frequently and negatively by their peers in a sociometric assessment
Neglected children
Children who are not often nominated or referred to by other children in a sociometric assessment
Controversial children
Children who are mentioned frequently in a sociometric assessment but get nearly as many negative nomination as they do positive ones
Average status children
Children who receive a moderate number of both positive and negative nominations in a sociometric assessment
In-group Favouritism
Showing a decided preference for the attitude and behaviours exhibited by members of ones social group
Out-group Discrimination
Showing a negative attitude toward members of social groups difference from ones own
Prosocial behaviours
Behaviours that benefit other people
Antisocial Behaviour
Behaviours that favour ones won interest at the expense of others interest
Altruism
Doing something for another at some cost to ones self
Reciprocal Altruism
The idea that individuals will cooperate with those who cooperate with them and with whom they will interact in the future
Agression
Behaviour intended to harm another person
Instrumental aggression
Type of aggression used a a mean to attain certain goal not ad a goal itself
Hostile Aggression
Personally oriented aggression in which a child’s intent is to hurt another child
Indirect agression
Type of aggression in which the target person is attacked not physical or directly through verbal intimidation but in a more circuitous way through social manipulation
Bullying
The persistent and repeated cases of aggression committed by a more powerful individual over a less powerful one. Common in schools around the world
Proactive victims
Victims of bullies who are highly aggressive themselves
Cyber bullying
Verbal harassment that occurs online and is common for children who spend time on the internet
Young Male syndrome
High levels of aggression and violent behaviour committed by adolescents and young adults males
