Talk:Peer group

Gender roles?
How is this an "advantage" of peer groups? (I am not an expert but it seems like someone should either address it or explain it in the article.) I have not researched it but I am sure this must be at least disputed if not discredited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BreytumHeiminum (talk • contribs) 00:28, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

do u know about advantages and disadvantages of peer group?
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Jury
This has nothing on the term "peer" as it appears in law, such as "jury of one's peers". 75.118.170.35 (talk) 17:24, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Editing
I will be editing this article for Psych 2410a at King's University 2012. Kmacd55 (talk) 19:42, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

I have decided to edit this article for Psych 2410A at King's 2012 Rach23 (talk) 04:24, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the both of you!  Lova Falk     talk   17:38, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Editing Plans
Some steps I plan to take in my editing process include: 1. Introduce and describe the following empirical study: Adolescents Peer Groups and Social Identity by Mark Tarrant in 2002, 2. Reorganize sections and sub-sections, 3. Add citations to previously written information, 4. Increase word count. Kmacd55 (talk) 21:18, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Steps For Editing
When editing this article for Psych 2410A, I will be focusing specifically on three tasks for improvement. These are as follows:

1. I will work on copyediting this article, with a focus on spelling, grammar, and punctuation. This is especially needed throughout the section titled "Bonding and functions of peer groups".

2. I will be adding to the section titled "Developmental Psychology", in which I will summarize any relevant research and findings performed by the psychologists mentioned in the section. These include: Lev Vygotsky, Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, and Harry Stack Sullivan.

3. I will be writing a new section in the article based on the empirical study, Ages Differences in Adolescents' Perceptions of Their Peer Groups (Gavin & Furman, 1989). This study compares the perceptions of adolescents between the fifth and twelfth grades. Participants were divided into age groups, with pairs of consecutive grades used to represent different developmental stages. These include: preadolescence (grades 5 and 6), early adolescence (grades 7 and 8), middle adolescence (grades 9 and 10), and late adolescence (grades 11 and 12). 312 participants completed questionnaires of self-report measures to provide information about their perceptions of various group dynamics, such as: conformity, permeability of group boundaries, behaviour towards in-groups and out-groups (including aggression), and importance of being in a popular group. I will be outlining the results in this article while comparing the different perceptions of each age group. Similarities and differences among males and females will also be discussed. Rach23 (talk) 05:03, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Positive/Negative?
Since no strict guideline is supplied neither here or in the sources of why certain attributes are Negative or Positive (some are ambiguous/cultural/subjective), I suggest a merger of the sections into 'Attributes'. 145.100.125.133 (talk) 06:59, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Referencing
The referencing on this article is appalling. "Brown, 1990" is not sufficient in any format and takes away credibility for the information on this page. Please review the citations on this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.202.0.101 (talk) 15:52, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Picture not representing parallel play?
If you look more closely at the picture, it seems that the children are really preparing for a game of marbles, which is a competitive game. Perhaps either a better example of parallel play could be found or the text could be updated to reflect the current picture. Myoglobin (talk) 00:49, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment
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