ED PSYCH 321 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Cyberbullying, Attribution Bias, Iatrogenesis
24 Feb 2017
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Peer groups: groups of people roughly the same age: one of most important contexts in which adolescents spend time. The origins of adolescent peer groups in contemporary society. Spread of compulsory education was major factor in development of peer groups. Students grouped by age in school was first introduced in middle of 19th century. Changes in the size of the youth population: rapid growth of teenage population between 1955 and 1975. Rates of many adolescent problem behaviors have fluctuated considerably over past three decades. No evidence that today"s young people are more susceptible to influence of friends than counterparts were previously. Peers continue to remain highly influential, but the directions in which they influence each other are highly variable. Sharp increase in time spent with peers. Peer groups function much more often without adult supervision. Puberty stimulates interest in romantic relationships and distances them from parents. Cognitive changes permit more sophisticated understanding of social relationships.
