PSYC 314 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Waking Hours, Iatrogenesis, Binge Drinking

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 314
• Professor: Kornienko

Document Summary

Groups of people who are roughly the same age. >50% of a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) adoles(cid:272)e(cid:374)ts" (cid:449)aki(cid:374)g hours are spe(cid:374)t (cid:449)ith peers: 15% of waking hours are spend with adults. Adoles(cid:272)e(cid:374)ts" (cid:373)oods are positive when they are with friends: origins of adolescent peer groups today. Educational origins of adolescent peer groups: age grading in public schools has had huge impact on social life of adolescents. Is there a separate youth culture: some people age segregation has led to a separate youth culture. Young people maintain attitudes/values different from the rest of society: others believe that industrialization and modernization has made peer groups more important. Adults alone no longer adequately prepare youth for the future. There is a sharp increase during adolescence in the amount of time individuals spend with peers. Peer groups function much more often without adult supervision than they do during childhood. During adolescence, increasingly more contact with peers is with opposite-sex peers.