Exam 5: Peer Groups

Justin's parents try extremely hard (almost excessively) to control his choice of friends. What effect is this style of parenting likely to have on Justin?

In contrast to the role of the peer group in adolescent development, the family is best suited for helping the adolescent with regard to:

Some researchers have tried to teach adolescents to use nonviolent forms of conflict resolution. Are these programs effective?

Research on the structure of cliques during high school has suggested that adolescents can fall into any of the following categories, except:

As a social scientist who works with advocacy groups, it is most likely that Professor Sandburg would be interested in tracking the size of the adolescent population over a period of time for all of the following reasons, except which one?

In The Adolescent Society, Coleman expressed concern over the finding that adolescents:

One study of more than 160,000 adolescents from 35 countries found that:

Interventions designed to help unpopular adolescents improve their social skills have employed which of the following techniques?

A separate youth culture is said to promote all of the following, except:

Similarity in ________ is most likely to serve as a basis for cross-ethnic group friendships.

Marji, a 10-year-old preadolescent, is going to enter junior high next year. Based on your knowledge of adolescent development, what can you predict about how Marji's relationships with her friends will change throughout junior high and high school? (HINT: How do childhood peer relations differ from adolescent peer groups?)

Tommy values education and works hard in school but also enjoys hanging out with his friends on the weekend. Which peer crowd is Tommy most likely to belong to?

A small, tightly knit group of between two and twelve friends usually of the same age and sex is called

A large, nationally representative sample of adolescents found that adolescents' friendship groups fell into one of four profiles. Which was the group that consisted of friends who were engaged in school, achieved decent grades, and neither abstained from nor abused alcohol?

_____ are settings for intimate interactions and friendships, whereas _____ are based on reputation, rather than on actual social interaction.

Esther has been rejected by her peers because she is withdrawn. Esther is most likely to be at risk for:

Mixed-sex cliques start becoming more prevalent during:

Adolescents who join antisocial peer groups are likely to have:

Research studying adolescent friendship networks over a 1-year period has found all of the following, except which one?

Compared to jocks, adolescents from which of the following crowds experience more peer pressure to misbehave?