FRHD 2280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Margaret Mead, Argot, Sarcasm

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2280
• Professor: Jenny Glozman

Document Summary

Question: nile is 15; he"s not sure what kind of school he wants to go into. Small group of friends who know each other well. Larger, reputation-based groups of adolescents who are not necessarily friends. 5 types: elites, athletes, academics, deviants, others. Directs towards people within and outside the group. Eases anxiety by directing attention to others. In traditional cultures, directed at adults, reinforces community standards. In western societies, crowd definition and membership becomes important during adolescence. Peers become an important social reference group. Early high school: become more differentiated, more influential. Later high school: become yet more differentiated, more niches for people to fit into less hierarchical and less influential. Stage 2: boys" and girls" cliques spend more time together. Stage 3: gender cliques break down as clique leaders form romantic relationships. Stage 5: males and females pair off in more serious relationships. One adolescent peer crowd in the community.