The Peer Group

Social Competence

What are Peers?

Social Cognition

Developmental Tasks

Peer Play

Parental Influence

Social Hierarchies

Socializing Mechanisms

Similar Age

Similar social status

Similar gender

Similar interests

Authoritarian

Permissive

Authoritative

age

Situation

Personal Values

prosocial, neutral, antisocial

cognitive conceit

assumptive reality

reality testing

Identity vs. identity confusion

imaginary audience

Modeling

Punishment

Reinforcment

Apprenticeship

Situation, model, observer

Morals and Values

Appropriate sociocultural rules

Getting along with others

sex and gender roles

Personal independence and identity

Parallel

Associative

Onlooker

Cooperative

Solitary

Imitative play

Exploratory play

Testing play

model-building play

Clique exclusion

Bullies

Clique inclusion

Victims

Adult-Child Interaction

Adult-mediated

team sports

Adult-structured

Adult leadership styles

Democratic

Laissez-faire

Authoritarian