PS276 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sociometry
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Peers: people who are about the same age. Friends: people with who you develop a valued, mutual relationship. Adolescents are more likely to talk to their friends about more personal issues, and to their parents about education and future operation. Keep i(cid:374) mi(cid:374)d : the importance of friends in adolescence does not mean that close relationships are incompatible with having close friendships. Late adolescents and emerging adults describe their closest relationships: friendly (focus on shared activities, intimate (focus on affection, emotional attachment, integrated (combines friendly and intimate, uninvolved (focus on neither shared activities nor intimacy) College students were more likely than high school students to be rates as having an intimate or integrated friendship relationship. Tend to have more intimate friendships than boys. More likely to place higher value on talking together as a friendship component. Tend to have less intimate friendships than girls. More likely to emphasize shared activities as the basis of friendship.
