Peer groups : expanding our study of small group communication /: expanding our study of small group communication. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: SunWolf.
• Other Names: Dr, Sunwolf
• Contents: 1. Peer Group Lenses; Theoretical Lights That Illuminate Peer Group Dynamics; Beyond Theories; Using Multiple Theoretical or Conceptual Lenses; Critical Thinking About Group Theories and Concepts; 2. Peer Groups in Childhood: Learning the Rules of Peer Play; Communication Processes in Early Childhood Peer Groups; Communicating Values About Group Rules in Early Childhood Peer Groups; Gender Differences in Childhood Groups; Strategies Children Use to Gain Entry to Playgroups; Leadership in Children's Playgroups; Silent Childhood Stresses; Tales of Peer Group Rejection; Conceptualizing Peer Group Interventions; New Theoretical Lenses; Critical Thinking About Children's Peer Groups; 3. Peer Groups in Adolescence: The Power of Rejection; Freaks, Geeks, Jocks, and Stars; Communicating Group Values in the Culture of Adolescent Peer Groups; Strategies That Adolescents Use to Attempt to Gain Entry to Peer Groups; Bittersweet Peer Power; Adolescent Group Boundaries; Conceptualizing Peer Group Interventions; Critical Thinking About Adolescent Peer Groups; 4. Peer Groups in Neighborhoods: Hoodies, Homies, and Gangsta Girls; Homeboys and Hoods; Gangsta Girls; New Theoretical Lenses; Critical Thinking About Neighborhood Peer Groups; 5. Peer Groups That Super-Task: Hot Groups; Hot Groups; The Hot Group State of Mind; Workin' From Can't to Can't; New Theoretical Lenses; Critical Thinking About Peer Groups that Super-Task; 6. Peer Groups as Decision Makers: Juries; Scene: Courthouse Jury Assembly Room; Historical Juries; Enacting Group Leadership; Structuring Member Communication; The Work of Jury Work; When Peers Disagree; Regret Among Peers; Conceptualizing Peer Group Interventions; New Theoretical Lenses; Critical Thinking About Juries and Decision-Making Peer Groups; Epilogue;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Subjects: 303.3/27; Age groups; Small groups
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483343440; 1483343448
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