2. CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
DEFINITION OF PEER GROUP
TYPES OF PEER GROUPS
FUCTIONS PEER GROUPS
RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEERS
ADVANTAGES OF PEER GROUPS
DISADVANTAGES OF PEER GROUPS
PEER GROUP STRUCTURE
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
3. INTRODUCTION
The family provides many, if not most of the socialization
experiences of early childhood. As children grow older, forces
outside of the family increasingly influence them. In particular,
children begin to relate more and more to their peer groups.
4. DEFINITION OF PEER GROUP
A peer group is a primary group
composed of individuals of roughly
equal age, background and similar
social characteristics
5. TYPES OF PEER GROUPS
The Elites: The Elites category was recognized across studies as being a high status
group.
The Athletes: Athlete group status was associated with being popular.
The Academics: Academics” as a peer group more devoted to academic studies and
academic-related extracurricular activities than to any other activities.
The Deviants: As opposed to the Elites, Athletes, and Academics, the Deviants cared
least about schoolwork, school extracurricular activities, or future careers. They neither
excelled academically nor athletically
6. FUCTIONS PEER GROUPS
Peer groups can also serve as a venue for teaching members gender roles. Through
gender-role socialization, group members learn about sex differences, and social and
cultural expectations.
It’s also an imperative supportive feature in shaping an individuals self-esteem and self-
valuation.
Peer groups can have great influence or peer pressure on each other's gender role
behavior, depending on the amount of pressure.
7. RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEERS
The peer group serves as a strong support to teenagers providing
them with a sense of belonging and a feeling of strength and power.
To gain acceptance by a group, younger teenagers tend to confirm
completely in such things as mode of dress, hairstyle, taste in music
and vocabulary.
8. ADVANTAGES OF PEER GROUPS
Groups of friends who volunteer their time, have ambitious school or work related
goals and positive relationships with family, then you are likely to hold the same
values and beliefs. In addition, having high-quality friendships sets you up for
success in the social world.
The more positive your relationships are with your peer group, the more likely you
are to have good relationships in the future.
9. DISADVANTAGES OF PEER GROUPS
peers don't usually "pressure” to do anything and thus rather change their behavior
because they want to fit in, it still exerts an influence.
If you start hanging around with a bad crowd, their values and beliefs have the potential to
negatively affect your behavior.
15. CONCLUSION
Peer group, both social and primary groups most importantly has influenced
personality development across life long process, manifested in different form and
life phases. In addition it has been an ecology that affect teenage development
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