PSYCH315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nerd, Reality Television
18 Nov 2018
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Chapter nine: sections 1 and 2 page 301 to 315. Becomes important during adolescence when most time is spent with peer groups. Requirement for affirmation, judgement, self-esteem, and etcetera during adolescence. Girls confide more emotionally in friends and form closer friendships then boys. Boys and girls do no confide on the same level. Contributes to the environmental development of socialization (can not develop healthily through adolescence without peers) Example: searching for your identity (looking at what your peers are doing) Provides positive self-esteem (adolescents are judging themselves and thinking about themselves, and look to friends for affirmation); however, adolescents are not always truthful. Very difficult to be truthful (however, our closest friends will always be truthful: peer status (within a group) Meaning: what is your status among peers. Popular (someone rarely disliked; often known as the best friend) If something negative is said about them, it is often because they are jealous.
