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The Adolescent
Chapter 10 vocab
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
03/21/2011

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adolescent society
Definition
the adolescent social system
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adolescent culture
Definition
sum of the ways that adolescents behave
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adolescent subculture
Definition
values and way of life that are contrary to those found in adult society
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subsystems
Definition
smaller segments of adolescent society within the larger social system
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cliques
Definition
relatively small, tightly knit groups of friends that spend a lot or even all of their time together
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liaisons
Definition
individuals who have friends from several cliques but belong to none
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crowds
Definition
loose associations of cliques that usually meet on weekends
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flappers
Definition
teenage girls in the late 1910s-1920s who dated, wore short skirts, and drink alcohol.
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hippies
Definition
youth in the late 1960s who held pro-drug, pacifistic, antimaterialistic values.
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bullying
Definition
repetitive, unprovoked aggression against another
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attachment
Definition
the early emotional bond formed between child and parent
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sociometric popularity
Definition
a measure of how many friends you have, how many people like you
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perceived popularity
Definition
a measure of your social dominance and status
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relational aggression
Definition
using your friends to help hurt another socially
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reputational aggression
Definition
spreading rumors or doing other actions to hurt another's reputation
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autosociality
Definition
the period during which a child plays alongside other children, not with them
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homosociality
Definition
the period during which children prefer the company of those of the same sex
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heterosociality
Definition
the period during which adolescents and adults enjoy the company of both sexes.
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