Peers Flashcards
peers
people who are the same age as you but not related with you
- friends
mutual,reciprical/mutual,voluntary reletionship
friendships starts 2-3
*phisycal flexibity:
* Live nearby, like to play
* what the friend brings to you
* being nice, having nice toys
middle childhood
- shared interest
- emotional:Take care of/support each other
adolescence
- shared interests,values
- engage in self-disclouse,intamicy
why does these changes happens?
because we spand more time together as we grow, we develop perspective taking abilities
FUNCTION OF FRIENDSHIPS
- emotional support
- physical support
- buffer in stressful times
- development social skills
- social comparison
- stimulation ; they entretain you
- conflict and resolution
- model and reinforce behaviour
- devency training : can be renforced with other friends
having frieds is highly benefitial in development
CLIQUES
- Smaller, voluntary,
friendship-based groups - Shared interests and
attitudes - Tend to have shared
background
* Initially same gender, move to
more mixed genders
* Initially mixed race, move to
more same race - ~50-75% of teens are
members of a clique
Crowds
- Reputation-based groups
- Less voluntary(ex jokes,nerds,theather kids,druggies
FUNCTION OF
CLIQUES
- Context of friendship
- Social group
- Sense of belongingness
- For straight teens, can
support/guide interest in
romantic relationships - can become romantic couples
FUNCTION OF
CROWEDS
- Locate individuals within
social environment - Contribute to sense of
identity and self-concept - Establish social norms
PEER STATUES
- sociometric statues (name 3 kids in your class who you like, and 3 kids who you don’t like”)
- sociometric popular: show a lot of likes and few dislike
- neglect: it does not show in any lists
- controversial (just a few):shows eaqually in the like and dislike list
- rejected: show more in dislike list then like list
- avarage (others)
- popular
- Skilled at initiating and maintaining
positive interactions - Good at recognizing and regulating
emotions - Good at perspective taking
- Rated by teachers as cooperative,
friendly, helpful, leaders - Assertive, but not pushy
not always the same as percived popularity
stay stable as time progresses
- rejected
-
Rejected-aggressive:
instrumental and relational
aggression, physical
aggression, bullying -
Rejected-withdrawn: poor
social skills, socially anxious,
difficulty with social goals - Rejected-aggressive/withdrawn
stay stable as time progresses
contraversial kids
shared characteristics of both popular and rejected children > can be helpful but also diruptive
ex:regina george
less stable as time progresses
neglected
- timid,shy,lack of social skills
- often not bother by classification
less stable as time progresses
what leads to certain peer statues?
- social skills
- temperament
- interpretation (hostile,sensativity towards rejection)
- parents(if parents are agressive the children becomes agressive - rejected statues
- physical attractivness
- name(unsual name linked to less likebility
impacts of race and ethinicity
*people from different ethinicities are usually less well liked
but depends on context :
school
* if a school has less minorities, minority is less liked
* if a school has more minorities,minority is more liked
- teachers
- black students are more like in classes that the teacher is black
- white students are more liked in classes that have white teacher
percived popularity
mix of positive and negatives traits
based on aggregated perceptions about who has power and prestige within the group while actual popularity has to do with social preference or sociometric popularity, associated with the affective evaluation of peers
- social skills
- agression instrumental/relational
- physical attractivness
- more variable based in chnaging norms
ex:regina george
peer statues and culture
are there differences in the characteristics linked with peer statues in the usa vs china?
reserch
method:list for grade 7 in china and united states asked to rank the people they liked the most and who they liked the least
result:prosocial behaviour and academic achivment linked with likebility and percived popularity across both cultures
but more linked for chinease adolescents,especially percived popularity
implications
cultural values may impact peer satatues-particular percived popularity
