PSYC 3450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Peer Pressure, Attribution Bias, Social Comparison Theory

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3450
• Professor: Karl Hennig

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Psyc 3450 chapter 13 (shaffer): extrafamilial influences 2: peers as socialization agents. Peers two or more persons who are operating at similar levels of behavioural complexity. The significance of peer interaction conduct in each successive generation. Etiologists propose that peer interaction may be a special form of social behaviour that has been (cid:498)selected(cid:499) over the course of evolution to promote the development of adaptive patterns of social. Age-mates typically have roughly equal status and must learn to appreciate each other(cid:495)s perspectives, negotiate and compromise, and cooperate if they are to play amicably or achieve other joint objectives. Equal-status contacts with people are likely to contribute to the development of social competencies that are difficult to acquire in the nonegalitarian atmosphere of home. )s a crucial difference between sibling and peer contacts, for one(cid:495)s status as either a younger or older sibling is fixed by order of birth, whereas one(cid:495)s peer status is more flexible, depending on the.