PSY310H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Youth Culture, Peer Group, Peer Pressure
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Peers: definition of peer changes across development, problem using age as an indicator. People who have certain aspects of their status in common. Friends: definition of friends changes across development, childhood. Friends tend to be peers but not all peers are friends. People with whom you develop a valued, mutual relationship. Groups: a collection of two or more people who interact with each other and are interdependent, in the sense that their needs and goals cause them to rely on each other. Members tend to be alike in several ways. Educational origins of adolescent peer groups: age grading in public schools. Placing individuals together in the same grade depending how hold they are. Impact on social life has been staggering: organized activities outside of school contribute to age segregation, age grading has had an impact on defining who are adolescents (defining the boundaries)
