PSY 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: High School Dropouts, Social Cognition, Melatonin

• School: University of Maine
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 224
• Professor: Charles Dufour

Document Summary

More options, courses and clubs large variety of sports larger tax base. Disadvantages of large schools: larger class size not as much personal treatment. Higher dropout rate greater feelings of alienation actual participation in extracurricular activities is only about half as high crowding. Benefits of small schools: involved in more clubs and sports. Disadvantages of small schools: fewer courses/activities fewer peers to select from sometimes may feel too known. Characteristics of desirable teachers: able to work with different levels of learning styles flexible to different student needs interest in material being taught. Warm and responsive provide good structure good sense of humor respect adolescents" developmental issues. Transition from middle to high school: puberty and related body image concerns formal operational thought changes in social cognition. Social changes peer relations" cross-sex friendships, dating increased conflict with parents increased push for independence. Top dog phenomenon- going from 5th grade, oldest at old school to 6th grade and youngest at new school.