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ED 213 Ch. 11
Ch. 11 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Peer status | a measure of how accepted children are in a peer group. |
Sociometric | being well liked and accepted by peers. Also called social preference. |
Perceived popularity | having high social impact and prominence. |
Controversial children | children who are liked by many and also disliked by many peers. They have high social impact. |
Neglected children | children who are neither liked nor disliked by many peers. They have low social impact. |
Rejected-aggressive children | children who are actively disliked by many peers and are highly aggressive. |
Rejected-passive children | children who are actively disliked by many peers, are not aggressive, but tend to avoid social interactions. |
Cooperative learning | learning in pairs or small groups, in which the group has a shared learning goal and interdependence is required to achieve the goal. |
Reciprocated friendship | both children nominate each other as a friend. |
Unilateral friendship | one child nominates another as a friend, but the reverse is not true. |
Clique | a tightly knit group of about 2 to 10 friends, usually of the same sex and same age. |
Homophily | the tendency to prefer and bond with similar others. |
Gender segregation | when given a choice, boys affiliate with other boys and girls with other girls. |
Peer pressure | friends exert pressure on each other to conform to group norms. It is typically positive, but can be negative. |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) | a virus that undermines the immune system, contracted through extended contact with bodily fluids of infected persons. |
Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) | diagnosis given to HIV-positive individuals who develop severe symptoms, indicating that the immune system is activated. |
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) | are spread through sexual contact. When symptoms develop, they become Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs). |
Play | behavior that has no immediate function and is pleasurable, spontaneous, flexible, and internally controlled. |
Rough-and-tumble (R&T) play | social, pretense play that involves physically vigorous behavior and often resembles, but is not the same as aggression. |
Physical play | play in which children move for the joy of movement, such as climbing, running, or chasing. |
Solitary-active play | play involving functional or pretense play while alone. |
Solitary-passive play | play involving construction or exploring objects while alone. |
Serious games | electronic games carefully designed to teach children school-relevant content. They may be used in-or-out of the classrooms. |