Emotional Development Flashcards
Peer Groups
- Formed from proximity, similarity
- Peer Culture
Formed from proximity, similarity (Peer Groups)
Those that you go to school with or live near
Peer Culture (Peer Groups)
- Behavior, vocabulary, dress code
- Can include relational aggression and exclusion
- Relational: Attack bonds that individuals have (Rumors)
Friendship in middle Childhood
- Personal qualities, trust becomes more important (more than association)
- More selective in choosing friends
- Friendships can last several years
- Type of friends influences development
Personal qualities, trust becomes more important (Friendship in middle Childhood)
Becomes more difficult to build friends back when trust issues arise
More selective in choosing friends (Friendship in middle Childhood)
Choose friends similar to self
Friendships can last several years (Friendship in middle Childhood)
Learn to resolve disputes
Type of friends influences development (Friendship in middle Childhood)
Aggressive friends often magnify antisocial acts
Peer Acceptance
- Popular (Prosocial and Popular-Antisocial)
- Rejected (Rejected Aggressive and Rejected-Withdrawn)
- Controversial
- Neglected
Popular Prosocial (Peer Acceptance)
Have friends because they have qualities that people find attractive
Popular-Antisocial (Peer Acceptance)
Have resources, physically attractive, may be socially skilled but also may be mean
Rejected Aggressive (Peer Acceptance)
Bullies; May still have friends but characterized with low social skills
Rejected-Withdrawn (Peer Acceptance)
Socially unskilled and do not have the ability to stand up to bullies
Controversial (Peer Acceptance)
Some people like and others do not, this may be like a class clown that is funny until joke is about you
Neglected (Peer Acceptance)
Who is that? Flying under the radar, may have friends but do not stand out, do their own thing