PSY. 341

The process by which children acquire the beliefs, values, and behaviors considered desirable or appropriate by their culture or subculture

Two or more persons, related by birth, marriage, adoption or choice, who have emotional ties and responsibilities to each other

The capacity to make decisions independently, to serve as one’s own source of emotional strength , and to other wise manage one’s life tasks without depending on others for assistance; an important developmental task of adolescence

When you have a trained professional that helps disputed parents

Tendency of parents in complex stepparent homes to favor and be more involved with their biological children than with their stepchildren

Circumstance in which parents mutually support each other and function as a cooperative parenting team

Children who care for themselves after school or in theevenings while their parents are working

The notion that people who watch a lot of media violence will become less aroused by aggression and more tolerant of violent and aggressive acts

Increase a child’s ability to learn at a faster rate (really bad for the child)

Noncurricular objectives of schooling such as teaching children to cooperate, respect authority, obey rules, and become good citizens

The educational practice of grouping students according to ability and then educating them in classes with students of comparable educational or intellectual standing

An educational practice whereby children of different backgrounds or ability levels are assigned to teams; each team member works on problems geared to his or her ability level, and all member are reinforced for pulling together and performing well as a team

Two or more persons who are operating a similar levels of behavioral complexity

Willingness to interact with others and to seek their attention or approval

A small group of friends that interacts frequently

A large, reputationally based peer group made up of individuals and cliques that share similar norms, interests and values

A measure of a person's likability or dislikability in the eyes of peers

Procedures that ask children to identify those peers whom they like or dislike or to rate peers for their desirability as companions; used to measure children’s peer acceptance

A subgroup of rejected children who display high levels of hostility and aggression in their interactions with peers

A subgroup of rejected children who are often passive, socially anxious, socially unskilled and insensitive to peer group expectations

The act of revealing private or intimate information about oneself to another person

Interactions among deviant peers that perpetuate and intensify a child’s behavior problems and antisocial conduct