Definitions - Week 11

Question 1

Group Socialization Theory

Answer 1

children’s personalities are shaped chiefly by their interactions with peers and not through interaction with their parents

Question 2

Interactions

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Relationships

Answer 3

Frequent interactions between two individual occurring overtime

Question 4

Friendships

Answer 4

A reciprocal relationship between peers in that two children each nominate one another as a friend and have positive feelings toward one another

Question 5

Peer Grouped

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Dominance Hierarchy

Answer 6

The relatively stable organization of a group in which some members are seen as the leaders and others the followers

Question 7

Cliques

Answer 7

Small relatively stable social groups that children join voluntarily

Question 8

Crowds

Answer 8

Large groups of adolescents who share activities of have similar stereotype reputations

Question 9

Popularity

Answer 9

Likability. The extent to which a child is sought out by others

Question 10

Popular children

Answer 10

Children who are mentioned frequently and positively by their peers in sociometric assessment

Question 11

Rejected children

Answer 11

Children who are mentioned frequently and negatively by their peers in a sociometric assessment

Question 12

Neglected children

Answer 12

Children who are not often nominated or referred to by other children in a sociometric assessment

Question 13

Controversial children

Answer 13

Children who are mentioned frequently in a sociometric assessment but get nearly as many negative nomination as they do positive ones

Question 14

Average status children

Answer 14

Children who receive a moderate number of both positive and negative nominations in a sociometric assessment

Question 15

In-group Favouritism

Answer 15

Showing a decided preference for the attitude and behaviours exhibited by members of ones social group

Question 16

Out-group Discrimination

Answer 16

Showing a negative attitude toward members of social groups difference from ones own

Question 17

Prosocial behaviours

Answer 17

Behaviours that benefit other people

Question 18

Antisocial Behaviour

Answer 18

Behaviours that favour ones won interest at the expense of others interest

Question 19

Altruism

Answer 19

Doing something for another at some cost to ones self

Question 20

Reciprocal Altruism

Answer 20

The idea that individuals will cooperate with those who cooperate with them and with whom they will interact in the future

Question 21

Agression

Answer 21

Behaviour intended to harm another person

Question 22

Instrumental aggression

Answer 22

Type of aggression used a a mean to attain certain goal not ad a goal itself

Question 23

Hostile Aggression

Answer 23

Personally oriented aggression in which a child’s intent is to hurt another child

Question 24

Indirect agression

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Bullying

Answer 25

The persistent and repeated cases of aggression committed by a more powerful individual over a less powerful one. Common in schools around the world

Question 26

Proactive victims

Answer 26

Victims of bullies who are highly aggressive themselves

Question 27

Cyber bullying

Answer 27

Verbal harassment that occurs online and is common for children who spend time on the internet

Question 28

Young Male syndrome

Answer 28

High levels of aggression and violent behaviour committed by adolescents and young adults males