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Santrock Life-Span Development: A Topical Approach
Life-Span Development: A Topical Approach
John W. Santrock
Social Contexts of Development
Peers and the Sociocultural World

Chapter Outline

  1. PEER RELATIONS IN CHILDHOOD
    1. Peer Group Functions
    2. Parent-Child and Peer Relations
    3. Developmental Changes
    4. Peer Statuses
    5. Bullying
    6. Social Cognition
  2. PLAY
    1. Play's Functions
    2. Parten's Classic Study of Play
    3. Types of Play
      1. Sensorimotor and Practice Play
      2. Pretense/Symbolic Play
      3. Social Play
      4. Constructive Play
      5. Games
  3. FRIENDSHIP
    1. Friendship's Functions
    2. Sullivan's Ideas
    3. Intimacy and Similarity
    4. Mixed-Age Friendships
    5. Adult Development, Aging, and Friendship
      1. Adult Friendships
      2. Aging and Friendship
  4. ADOLESCENT PEER RELATIONS
    1. Peer Pressure and Conformity
    2. Cliques
    3. Youth Organizations
  5. AGING AND THE SOCIAL WORLD
    1. Social Theories of Aging
    2. Stereotyping Older Adults
    3. Social Support and Social Integration
    4. Successful Aging
  6. SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES
    1. Culture
      1. The Relevance of Culture for the Study of Life-Span Development
      2. Individualism and Collectivism
      3. Rites of Passage
      4. Aging and Culture
    2. Socioeconomic Status and Poverty
      1. What Is Socioeconomic Status?
      2. Poverty
        1. Defining Poverty
        2. Psychological Ramifications of Poverty
        3. Long-Standing Poverty
        4. The Feminization of Poverty
        5. Poverty and Aging
    3. Ethnicity
      1. What Is Ethnicity?
      2. Ethnicity and Socioeconomoic Status
      3. Differences and Diversity
      4. Ethnicity and Aging
      5. America: A Nation of Blended Cultures








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