PSY310H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nerd, Relational Aggression, Reference Group
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Childhood & early adolescence peer = age-mate. Friends are not the same as peers, because not all peers are friends and not all friends are the same age. Clear social norms that govern how they behave and well defined social roles. Not just formal education but there"s age grading segregation. Not until the 1920s did this occur. Majority of studies have been done in north america. After the war, there was the baby boom. Parents were very concerned with having children and so there were a lot of adolescents in the 1960 and 1970. Mental health are different in adolescents and adults. Then there was a slight decrease, during the 2000s, there"s an increase of adolescent again (where baby boomers" children have children) Adolescents of their group have different social norms and behaviours compared to adults and sometimes it"s contrary. Deviants of adolescents; not anything new, adults have progressively view adolescents in negative ways.
