Module 7: Social Development During Adolescence

Question 1

clique

Answer 1

used to describe a group of persons who interact with each other more regularly and intensely than others in the same setting. Cliques are distinguished from “crowds” in that their members interact with one another

Question 2

crowds

Answer 2

large groups of adolescents defined by their shared image and reputation

Question 3

homophily

Answer 3

a tendency of individuals to form links disproportionately with others like themselves

Question 4

deviant peer contagion

Answer 4

process by which peers reinforce problem behavior by laughing or showing other signs of approval that then increase the likelihood of future problem behavior

Question 5

peer pressure

Answer 5

encouragement to conform to one’s friends or contemporaries in behavior, dress, and attitude; usually considered a negative force, as when adolescent peers encourage one another to defy adult authority

Question 6

sexual orientation

Answer 6

a term that refers to whether a person is sexually and romantically attracted to others of the same sex, another sex, or both sexes