# 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

Builds on: Assertive Communication (hard, https://ai.page/c/assertive-communication/en.md), Self-Reflection in Relationships (hard, https://ai.page/c/self-reflection-in-relationships/en.md)

Concept id: social-cues-and-group-dynamics. Subject: personal-development. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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