CDFS 314 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Peer Pressure, Sexual Differentiation, Observational Learning
10 Dec 2016
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Provide experiences to learn to relate positively with others. Preparation for adult courtship: dating in early adolescence. More stable and committed: peer pressure peaks during mid-adolescence. Peers provide support: adolescents are influenced by both parents and peers. Parents influence moral principles/future goals: adolescents influence each other both positively and negatively. Adolescents tend to choose friends who are similar to them: girls tend to be more concerned with peer acceptance, but boys more likely to conform in misconduct based on peer pressure, masturbation. 3/4 of male and 1/2 of female adolescents masturbate. Males masturbate much more frequently than females: sexual orientation. Sexually attracted to and interested in forming a romantic relationship with people of: other gender heterosexual, own gender homosexual (gay or lesbian, either gender bisexual. Transgender feel they are trapped in wrong gender: social cognitive reinforcement and observational learning, genetic factors. Earlier dating more likely to engage in sexual activity during high school.
