Middle Childhood: Peers

Question 1

different criteria for choosing their friends:

0-7 years of age

Answer 1

common interests and getting along well

Question 2

different criteria for choosing their friends:

8-11 years of age

Answer 2

desirable psychological characteristics

-trust, kindness, honesty

Question 3

different criteria for choosing their friends:

11+ years of age

Answer 3

social attributes such as loyalty and intimacy

Question 4

• conversations about personal issues

- common among adolescent girls

Answer 4

co-rumination

Question 5

small group of friends similar in age, sex, and race

Answer 5

cliques (2-4 individuals)

Question 6

a group of cliques that have similar attitudes and values

Answer 6

crowd

Question 7

• largely based on having good social skills and being prosocial.
• being pleasant, friendly, not obnoxious, sharing, cooperation, and being non-disruptive

Answer 7

how to be popular

Question 8

what else also play a major role in being popular

Answer 8

cultural expectations

Question 9

• Children who are liked by many classmates

- Can be due to being actively prosocial or respected by others

Answer 9

popular

Question 10

• Children who are disliked by many classmates

- Are generally overly aggressive, which others dislike, or overly shy and withdrawn

Answer 10

rejected

Question 11

Children who are intensely liked or disliked by classmates

Answer 11

controversial

Question 12

Children who are liked or disliked at a lower intensity than controversial children

Answer 12

average

Question 13

Children who are ignored; not liked or disliked

Answer 13

neglected

Question 14

watching new programs can teach children

Answer 14

new concepts and skills

Question 15

Watching television can also teach children

Answer 15

violent behaviors and antisocial concepts

-if someone frustrates you, it is OK to hit them

Question 16

Playing videogames tends to increase

Answer 16

1. processing speed
2. spatial skills
3. executive functioning

Question 17

Children know that self and others can have different thoughts and feelings but often confuse the two

Answer 17

undifferentiated

Question 18

Children know that perspectives differ because people have access to different information

Answer 18

social-informational

Question 19

Children can view themselves as others do, and they understand that others can do the same

Answer 19

self-reflective

Question 20

Children can step outside the immediate situation to see how they and another person are viewed by a third person

Answer 20

third-person

Question 21

Adolescents realize that a third-person perceptive in influenced by broad personal, social, and cultural contexts

Answer 21

societal