PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Marshall Mcluhan, Motor Vehicle Theft, Psychopathology
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Clique consists of 4-6 individuals who are good friends and tend to be similar. Crowd is larger mixed-sex group of older children/adolescents who have in age, gender, race, and interests similar values and attitudes and are known by common label. Peers ultimately people in a group someone wants to be in decides whether or not they can be. Authoritative parents most likely to have kids who are socially accepted/have more friends. Permissive/neglectful parents are more likely to have kids who are loners or not popular. Most groups have a dominance hierarchy with leader to whom all other members of group defer. Based on physical dominance is more common/desired in boys. Based on individual traits (physical and internal) more common in older. Groups establish norms standards of behaviour that apply to all group members often force members to conform. Studies of popularity (hymel) showed most children can be placed in 1 of 5.
