01:830:333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Peer Pressure, Social Skills, Relational Aggression

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:333
• Professor: E.Mayhew

Document Summary

Typically people of: same age same race same socioeconomic background same sex at least during early and middle adolescence. The structure of cliques and crowds changes over time during adolescence. Cliques merge & form larger mixed-sex groups. These changes allow adolescents more freedom to change crowds, enhance their status. Less differe(cid:374)tiated (cid:894)two (cid:373)ai(cid:374) groups the i(cid:374)- (cid:272)rowd a(cid:374)d the out-(cid:272)rowd(cid:895) Friend influence or peer pressure: changes in susceptibility to influence, conformity to peers is higher during early than middle adolescence. Parents are more influential regarding long-term issues, basic values. Peers(cid:859) opi(cid:374)io(cid:374)s are (cid:373)ore i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)tial for da(cid:455)-to-day matters (music tastes or clothing style) Adolescent development 15 -3: role of family in friendship choice. Crowds reward them for the traits that led them there in the first place. Friends: intimacy (cid:862)i(cid:374)ti(cid:373)a(cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:863) as used here does (cid:374)ot (cid:374)e(cid:272)essaril(cid:455) have a se(cid:454)ual or ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al (cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)t. Concern: not until adolescence do truly intimate relationships first emerge. Development of intimacy: changes in the display of intimacy.