Peer groups: Expanding our study af small group communication/ Sunwolf

1. Peer Group Lenses
Theoretical Lights That Illuminate Peer Group Dynamics
Beyond Theories
Using Multiple Theoretical or Conceptual Lenses
Critical Thinking About Group Theories and Concepts

2. Peer Groups in Childhood: Learning the Rules of Peer Play
Communication Processes in Early Childhood Peer Groups
Communicating Values About Group Rules in Early Childhood Peer Groups
Gender Differences in Childhood Groups
Strategies Children Use to Gain Entry to Playgroups
Leadership in Children's Playgroups
Silent Childhood Stresses
Tales of Peer Group Rejection
Conceptualizing Peer Group Interventions
New Theoretical Lenses
Critical Thinking About Children's Peer Groups

3. Peer Groups in Adolescence:
The Power of Rejection
Freaks, Geeks, Jocks, and Stars
Communicating Group Values in the Culture of Adolescent Peer Groups
Strategies That Adolescents Use to Attempt to Gain Entry to Peer Groups
Bittersweet Peer Power
Adolescent Group Boundaries
Conceptualizing Peer Group Interventions
Critical Thinking About Adolescent Peer Groups

4. Peer Groups in Neighborhoods:
Hoodies, Homies, and Gangsta Girls
Homeboys and Hoods
Gangsta Girls
New Theoretical Lenses
Critical Thinking About Neighborhood Peer Groups

5. Peer Groups That Super-Task: Hot Groups
Hot Groups
The Hot Group State of Mind
Workin' From Can't to Can't
New Theoretical Lenses
Critical Thinking About Peer Groups that Super-Task

6. Peer Groups as Decision Makers: Juries
Scene: Courthouse Jury Assembly Room
Historical Juries
Enacting Group Leadership
Structuring Member Communication
The Work of Jury Work
When Peers Disagree
Regret Among Peers
Conceptualizing Peer Group Interventions
New Theoretical Lenses
Critical Thinking About Juries and Decision-Making Peer Groups
Epilogue