01:830:331 Study Guide - Relational Aggression, Learning Disability

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:331
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Nonsocial activity - unoccupied, onlooker behavior and solitary play which then shifts to parallel play. Parallel play child plays near other children with similar materials but does not try to influence their behavior. Associative play children engage in separate activities but exchange toys and comment on one another"s behavior. Cooperative play a more advanced type of interaction; children orient toward a common goal, such as acting out a make-believe theme. Dominance hierarchy stable ordering of group members that predicts who will win when conflict arises. Friendships close relationships involving companionship in which each partner wants to be with the other. Peer acceptance refers to likability the extent to which a child is viewed by a group of agemates, such as classmates, as a worthy social partner. Sociometric techniques measure social preferences; researches use these self-reports to review peer acceptance. Peer reputation young people"s judgments of the peers most of their classmates admire, which identify peers high in social prominence.