Peers
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  • Relations with peers differ from relations with adults:
    • parent relationships characterized by:
      • unilaterial social verification
      • shared housekeeping activities
    • peer relations are characterized by:
      • reciprocity (mutural social verification and mutual construction)
      • shared leisure activities


  • With the onset of adolescence, the importance of peers increases. Why?
    • Transitional nature of adolescence
    • Autonomy
    • Cognitive change


  • Sociometric status
    • Coie, Dodge, & Coppatelli model
    • Cross-situational stability
    • Predictors of status
    • Predictors are both personal and situational
      • importance of knowledge of and compliance with social norms