01:830:271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Justin Bieber, Peer Pressure, Shoplifting
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What are the positive characteristics associated with having good friends in childhood, lasting friendships benefit children (berndt & murphy, 2002). Girls do this more than boys (consistent with intimacy being more important to girls" friendships). Doug"s popular best friend gets his haircut like justin bieber, doug may go along because he"s young, the peer is popular and his friend, and there are no fixed standards for hairstyle. Why: as expected from social cognitive theory, children see how their parents respond in different social situations and often imitate these responses later. Their aggressive peers soon learn that these children are easily baited. A group of children will, for example, insult or ridicule them, knowing that they will probably start a fight despite being outnumbered. When attacked, children with low self-esteem may think, i"m a loser and have to put up with this because i have no choice. increasing children"s self-esteem makes them less tolerant of personal attacks .
