Social Relationships in

Middle and Late

Adolescence
By identifying and reflecting on
your own qualities, you may
discover your gifts and may
determine things about you
that you can still improve on
to be the best that you can be.
 The process of personal development or growth is
not a solitary journey. It is vitally enriched
through socialization with others.

1. You get to exercise many important skills and

show your qualities in different social contexts.

2. With the feedback you receive, you get to learn

things about yourself that you may want or need
to develop in order to become a better person.
 Giving Feedback
1. Be clear with your intention.
Why do you have to say what
you want to say? Is it going
to help the person?
2. Observe good timing.
Is it the right time and are you
in the proper place to say
it?
3. Be kind in your own words.
Are your words going to lift,
encourage or hurt the
person?
4. Be Specific.
Do you have concrete
examples as basis and
points for improvement?
Receiving Feedback
1. Listen well.
Pay attention to what is being
said.
2. Think Carefully.
Make sure you understand the
feedback well. Don’t
hesitate to ask for
clarifications.
3. React positively.
Check your emotion. Keep
calm in case the feedback
is not your liking.
4. Be grateful.
It is still up to you to accept
and use the information for
your improvement.
 SOCIAL GROUPS
Refers to two or more people who
interact with one another and refer to
themselves as a social unit.

It is our way of making connections that

satisfy an important need: sense of
belonging, acceptance and affiliation.
 PRIMARY GROUP
 This
group is personal or intimate in
nature, the interaction in a primary
group or regular and the bond usually
lasts for a long time.

Examples of primary group are family,

peers or barkadas.
 SECONDARY GROUP
 This
group is a task-oriented and
dynamics is less personal. The
members stay together for a limited or
determined time until the tasks are
accomplished.

Examples of secondary group are your

work group in class or a sports team.
 THE NORM
This is the reference group to which you base
your assessment. It holds the relative
standard that indicates what is typical or
average.

Example: classroom norms in grade school and

in high school are different. Thus student’s
classroom behavior will depend significantly
on which reference group they belong to.