1. Summarize the major theoretical positions with respect to the role assigned to peers in development and the unique role peers play in development.
   
   
2. Describe the developmental changes in peer relationships through adolescence.
   
   
3. Discuss the functions of peer groups and how they form.
   
   
4. Define dominance hierarchies and explain the purpose they serve for peers.
   
   
5. Describe the joint and conflicting pressures to conform that peers place on children.
   
   
6. Describe how peers help to socialize the child by serving as models and reinforcers within a culture or society.
   
   
7. Describe how psychologists measure peer acceptance and what has been learned about the characteristics of popular and unpopular children.
   
   
8. Discuss why social withdrawal may occur and the factors that may contribute to it.
   
   
9. Discuss the various factors that are believed to play a role in the development of social competence.
   
   
10. Identify procedures that can help the victims of aggression.
    
    
11. Describe the different procedures that have been successful in training children in social skills.
    
    
12. Discuss children's patterns of friendship, their understanding of the concept of friendship, and how their understanding is linked to advances in social cognition.
    
    
13. Explain how children become friends and what functions friendships serve.