Deck 18: Peer Power: Clique Dynamics Among School Children

Question 1

All of the following are characteristics of a click except ______.

A) mutual connection
B) hierarchal structure
C) exclusivity
D) equality

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Cliques maintain ______ through careful membership screening.

A) desirability
B) mutuality
C) equality
D) exclusivity

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which factor is the most important to clique recruitment?

A) relationships
B) dynamics
C) evolution
D) timing

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Grace wants to become a member of a popular fifth grade clique. When is she most likely to be accepted?

A) at the beginning of the school year
B) after a school social event
C) after she has been absent for a few days
D) at the end of the school year

Question 5

Status and power in a clique are related to ______.

A) athleticism
B) character
C) grades
D) stratification

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of supplication?

A) Devon spends time with Liam at baseball practice but not while in school.
B) Lily invites Ariana to join the popular clique but Ariana declines.
C) Brett degrades Malik so that he can maintain his status as clique leader.
D) Kendall pretends to like Ariana Grande because that is her clique leader's favorite musician.

Question 7

Clique members picking on outsiders is an example of ______.

A) out-group subjugation
B) ingratiation
C) friendship realignment
D) manipulation

Question 8

Which statement best summarizes the reason clique members in the study went along with picking on their friends?

A) They believed the victims deserved it.
B) They enjoyed it.
C) They were afraid.
D) They planned to resist after the incident.

Question 9

Why did outsiders decide not to complain to authority figures when they were disparaged by clique members?

A) They believed it would make the situation worse.
B) They had no authority figure to talk to.
C) They wanted to be liked.
D) They were threatened by the clique leader.

Question 10

Which of the following is central to a clique's basis of cohesion?

A) inclusion
B) eccentricity
C) insubordination
D) exclusion

Question 11

What is a clique? Why are cliques significant to preadolescence?

Question 12

Identify three essential features of a clique.

Question 13

Explain and provide one example of each of the techniques of inclusion.

Question 14

What effect does the hierarchal structure of cliques have on friendships?

Question 15

What is the advantage of exclusion on the group?