PSY 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Proof, Normative Social Influence, Generation Gap

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3105
• Professor: Philip Wall

Document Summary

Peers, cultures, and social change: age segregation in schools and organized activities, is there a generation gap? myth, its more adolescence vs adults (transitions, mead: pace of change within cultures pg. How does peer influence work: two sorts of peer social influence, 1) normative social influence = conformity to rules (learn social norms that are necessary to exist in that society, 2) informational social influence = others know better. 1: reference groups = peers as models and audiences (enforce their own standards) Thursday, march 31, y: power of the need to belong, pg. Peers and parents: peer influence peaks in middle adolescence, parental influence declines across adolescence, authoritarian parents have peer-oriented teens, cross pressure = parent/peer competing influences, authoritative parents have more prosocial teens. Being liked and being popular: being popular different from being liked, popular teens seen as aggressive, unkind, relational aggression = damaging someone"s personal relationships, used to maintain social prominence, relational aggression more common among girls.