Psychology 2410A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Suicide Of Amanda Todd, Social Exclusion, Parenting Styles
8 Apr 2015
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Agenda: friendship, defined and development, friendship functions, relation of friendlessness to well-being, what aspects of friendship matter, beyond the dyad: peer cliques, explaining similarity among clique members, peer clique influence on behaviour, peer social influences. The pain of social exclusion can manifest itself as physical pain. The decisions you have made might be different (friends may encourage you to try different things, they are like your cheerleading section) Sometimes friends can give you the truth when your family won"t. Prior to age 12, it is very rare to see boys and girls interacting. Kids spend more time with friends than others (family) For men: assistance (instrumental aid, help doing things) and for women: nurturance: other findings: The kids mentioned that shared history was important: gender differences in friendship, girls" and women"s same-sex friendships are more intimate, beginning in early adolescence.
