Peer Groups

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Author: SunWolf
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN-13: 9781412926867
Publishing year: August 2008
No of pages: 240
Weight: 310 grm
Language: English
Book binding: Paperback

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Peer Groups: Expanding Our Study of Small Group Communication is the first textbook texplore and discuss group communication dynamics with the group that most students are already familiar with—peer groups This book brings alive for students many existing group theories, while showcasing under-utilized theories that usefully explain the processes of the groups in which people (and students in particular) spend most of their time Peer Groups uses a variety of traditional and nontraditional theories and concepts texamine the dynamics of four real world peer groups: childrens play, adolescence cliques, gangs, and juries It moves from the earliest childhood experiences in groups, through adolescence and young adulthood, tpeer groups as conscripted service (juries) Further, the book pays important attention tthe common painful and dysfunctional aspects of being a member of peer groups: group exclusion, moral and legal misbehaviors, and the rule-breaking behaviors and regrets of members of peer groups