Exam 15: Peers

There are certain predominant characteristics of friendship throughout the childhood and adolescent years.Which of the following is a characteristic?

Children that have been bullied are most likely to

Having children create a play about a social studies topic involves ________ play.

Lyn Brown and Carol Gilligan conducted in-depth interviews of _______________________ to find out their views on friendships.

___________________ is verbal or physical behavior intended to disturb someone less powerful.

__________________________ believed that play is an excellent setting for cognitive development.He was especially interested in the symbolic and make-believe aspects of play.

___________________ may serve a function of providing emotional support for girls who are striving to be perfect but know they are not.

When you are informed that 8-year-old Gerald was named "most popular" by his classmates,you would least expect him to be identified as

How is an adolescent crowd different from an adolescent clique?

Who is likely to be bullied?

When Desmond is asked why he is shooting baskets,he says,"It is something that is just fun to do." His comment would indicate that Desmond considers basketball

Controversial children are

A great deal of peer conformity,such as dressing like one's friends and wanting to spend huge chunks of time with members of a clique,is __________________ and reflects the desire to be _______________________.

When Mr.Alden's third-grade class writes a script for and reenacts "The First Thanksgiving Feast," which category of play are they engaging in?

_________________________ is defined narrowly as self-disclosure or sharing of private thoughts and private or personal knowledge with a friend.

Parent-child relationships

If Paul becomes a great hockey player as an adult,his father might reflect back on the hours of skating that Paul did as a child that served as a foundation of his current superior status.In doing so,Paul's father is noting the important role that _________________ play has in developing sporting skills.

While watching a child play in a sandbox,who is most likely to think to herself,"By pouring sand back and forth between two different-sized buckets,the child is learning about conservation"?

When Rudy enters a party,he begins to process the social information around him.According to Dodge (1993),the first step in this process would involve Rudy _____________________ the actions of individuals around him.

Compare and contrast friendships between boys and girls.