Personal & Social Development·Friendship & Cooperation·conceptual
Social Cues and Group Dynamics
Understand subtext, indirect communication, and social cues in adolescent peer groups; analyse the psychology of in-group and out-group dynamics and why belonging can come at the cost of exclusion; understand gossip as a social bonding and status mechanism, and its costs; develop strategies for navigating social hierarchies without compromising values; distinguish between assertiveness and aggression in peer settings; understand how to respond to exclusion — whether experiencing it or witnessing it
Suggested ages 11–12
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Assessment prompt
When Social Cues and Group Dynamics senses tension or unspoken 'undercurrents' in a group of friends, can they describe what social cues they pick up on and explain the difference between being assertive and being aggressive when they choose to address it?
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