Describe peer relationships during adolescence. How do we qualitatively view peer relationships during adolescence?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- As individuals, adolescents use reference groups to establish identities, roles, and conduct.
- Cliques and crowds are groups that can provide membership and reinforce identity.
- While gender segregation decreases, racial and ethnic segregation increases during middle adolescence.
- Generally adolescents fall into one of four categories in terms of acceptance-rejection:
- Popular adolescents
- Controversial adolescents
- Rejected adolescents
- Neglected adolescents
- While peer influence increases dramatically, adolescents are still dependent on their parents and will turn to appropriate experts for advice on particular concerns
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What is a PsyD?
a. Doctor of psychiatry b. Doctor of psychology c. Doctor of physiology d. Doctor of philosophy
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A sociologist is interested in studying the causes of suicide in society. She begins her research by developing a project in which she asks suicide survivors to discuss their reasons for attempting suicide and the personal and social conditions that led to their decisions to attempt the act. In a second project, she examines another researcher's survey data from a national sample of U.S. citizens. She found that depression is associated with the desire to commit suicide but many people who think about committing suicide never make any attempt to do so. She also found that people who have experienced a stressful life event, such as a job loss or divorce, are more likely to report the desire to commit suicide. A) a survey method B) an experiment C) a field method D) a mixed-method approach