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A clique (IPA:/'kli?k/, pronounced /'kl?k/ by some Americans) is an exclusive group of people who share interests, views, purposes, patterns of behavior, or ethnicity. A clique as a reference group can be either normative or comparative. Members of a clique will try to exclude others from the group and are often seen as bullies. This is because they tend to outnumber people when arguing.

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Norm (sociology)

A Social norm is the sociology term for the behavioral expectations and cues within a society or group. They have been defined as "the rules that a group uses for appropriate and inappropriate values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors....
 clique or reference group is often the primary source of social interaction for the members of the clique, which can affect the values and beliefs of an individual.






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A clique (IPA:/'kli?k/, pronounced /'kl?k/ by some Americans) is an exclusive group of people who share interests, views, purposes, patterns of behavior, or ethnicity. A clique as a reference group can be either normative or comparative. Members of a clique will try to exclude others from the group and are often seen as bullies. This is because they tend to outnumber people when arguing.

Sociological interpretation

A normative
Norm (sociology)

A Social norm is the sociology term for the behavioral expectations and cues within a society or group. They have been defined as "the rules that a group uses for appropriate and inappropriate values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors....
 clique or reference group is often the primary source of social interaction for the members of the clique, which can affect the values and beliefs of an individual. The comparative
Comparative

In grammar, the comparative is the form of an adjective or adverb which denotes the degree or grade by which a person, thing, or other entity has a property or quality greater or less in extent than that of another, and is used in this context with a subordinating conjunction, such as than, as...as, etc....
 clique or reference group is a standard of comparison in which a clique can exist in the workplace, in a community, in the classroom, in a business, or any other area of social interaction. Cliques tend to form within the boundaries of a larger group where opportunities to interact are great. Cliques are often associated with children and teenagers in a classroom setting. Schools are a prime place where peer networks exist and can easily be accentuated through the differentiation of various cliques, and through the processes of inclusion and exclusion that characterize a clique.

Cultural references


Film

  • Mean Girls
    Mean Girls

    Mean Girls is a 2004 in film Cinema of the United States teen film comedy film, based on the book, Queen Bees and Wannabes, directed by Mark Waters and starring Lindsay Lohan....
  • Angus
  • Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
    Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

    Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United Kingdom comedy film co-written and directed by Gurinder Chadha. The film is based on two popular teenage novels by Louise Rennison: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and It's OK, I'm wearing really big knickers....
  • Massacre at Central High
    Massacre at Central High

    Massacre at Central High is a 1976 U.S. horror film directed by Netherlands director Rene Daalder, a protege of Russ Meyer. Despite its title, it is not at all a slasher film; the movie is more an odd and violent political allegory, which tells the story of a series of revenge killings at a fictional high school....
  • Grease
    Grease

    Grease may refer to:* Grease , a type of industrial lubricant* Yellow grease, in rendering, used frying oils, or lower-quality grades of tallow...
  • Grease 2
    Grease 2

    Grease 2 is the sequel to the smash-hit musical film Grease , which was itself based upon the Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Grease 2 was produced by Allan Carr and Robert Stigwood, and directed and choreographed by Patricia Birch, the choreographer of the first film....
  • The Breakfast Club
    The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club is a 1985 in film United States teen film written and directed by John Hughes . The storyline follows five teenagers as they spend a Saturday in Detention together and come to realize that they are all deeper than their respective stereotypes....
  • Carrie
  • Heathers
    Heathers

    Heathers is a 1989 in film black comedy film starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, and Shannen Doherty. The film portrays four girls in a trend-setting clique at a fictional high school in Ohio....
  • High School Musical
  • Degrassi
    Degrassi

    The Degrassi series is a Canada drama that follows the lives of a group of teenagers who lived on or near De Grassi Street in Toronto, Ontario....
  • Odd Girl Out
    Odd Girl Out

    Odd Girl Out is a 2005 in film drama telefilm starring Alexa Vega, Lisa Vidal, Elizabeth Rice, Alicia Morton, Leah Pipes, Shari Dyon Perry, Joey Nappo and Chad Biagini....
  • The Outsiders
    The Outsiders (film)

    The Outsiders is a 1983 in film Cinema of the United States drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an film adaptation of the The Outsiders by S....
  • Pretty Woman
    Pretty Woman

    Pretty Woman is a 1990 in film romantic comedy film. The film centers on the titular character, down-on-her-luck prostitute Vivian Ward who is hired by a wealthy businessman and Corporate raid, Edward Lewis to be his escort for several business functions, and their developing relationship....
  • Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
    Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

    Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is a 1997 in film comedy film starring Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino, Janeane Garofalo, Camryn Manheim, and Alan Cumming....
  • Superbad
  • Not Another Teen Movie
    Not Another Teen Movie

    Not Another Teen Movie is a 2001 in film comedy film released on December 14, 2001 by Columbia Pictures. It is a parody of the teen film and other cinematic portrayals of adolescence which have accumulated in Hollywood over the last few decades....
  • Dawson's Creek
    Dawson's Creek

    Dawson's Creek is an United States primetime television drama which initially aired from January 20, 1998, to May 14, 2003, on The WB Television Network....
  • Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
    Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

    Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is a 2004 in film comedy film from 20th Century Fox, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Jason Bateman, and Rip Torn....
  • Balls of Fury
    Balls of Fury

    Balls of Fury is a 2007 in film USA sports comedy film starring Dan Fogler and Christopher Walken. It was directed by Robert Ben Garant and was released on August 29, 2007....
  • Beverly Hills 90210
  • Sixteen Candles
    Sixteen Candles

    Sixteen Candles is a 1984 in film coming-of-age film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling and Anthony Michael Hall. The film was written and directed by John Hughes , and is often associated with the beginning of the Brat Pack ....
  • Pretty in Pink
    Pretty in Pink

    Pretty in Pink is an 1986 film about teenage love and social cliques in 1980s American high schools. It is one of a group of John Hughes movies starring Molly Ringwald, and is commonly identified as a "Brat Pack " movie....
  • Bratz: The Movie
    Bratz: The Movie

    Bratz: The Movie is a live-action feature film based on Bratz that was released to United States theaters on August 3, 2007. The film is rated Motion Picture Association of America by the MPAA for thematic elements....
  • Wild Child
    Wild Child

    "Wild Child" is a 2001 Single by Irish ethnicity singer Enya. The song "Midnight Blue" has only been released on this single. The single was only available on CD in Germany, Japan and Korea....
  • Pineapple Express
    Pineapple Express (film)

    Pineapple Express is a 2008 United States Stoner film action film-comedy film film directed by David Gordon Green, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and starring Seth Rogen and James Franco with cameo appearances by Ed Begley, Jr....
  • The Clique (film)
    The Clique (film)

    The Clique is a direct-to-DVD film based on the popular The Clique by author Lisi Harrison. The film is a production of Warner Premiere with Tyra Banks as executive producer....
  • Valley Girl (film)
    Valley Girl (film)

    Valley Girl is a 1983 in film romantic comedy movie, starring Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, E.G. Daily, Cameron Dye and Joyce Hyser. The movie was the directorial debut of Martha Coolidge, and was the first film in which Nicolas Coppola was billed as Nicolas Cage....


Literature

  • The Clique series
    The Clique Series

    The Clique Series is an American young adult novel series written by Lisi Harrison and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Livre....
     of young–adult novels by Lisi Harrison
    Lisi Harrison

    Lisi Harrison is a Canadian author of young adult novels....
  • The Outsiders
    The Outsiders (novel)

    The Outsiders is a novel by S. E. Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press. Hinton was 15 when she began writing the novel and 17 when it was published....
     by S. E. Hinton
    S. E. Hinton

    Susan Elloise Hinton is an United States author of novels for young adult novel and is most famous for her young adult novel The Outsiders ....
  • Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence
    Queen Bees and Wannabes

    Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence is a 2002 book by Rosalind Wiseman....
     by Rosalind Wiseman
    Rosalind Wiseman

    Rosalind Wiseman founded the Empower Program, a national violence-prevention program, in 1992. Since then, she has gone on to work with tens of thousands of students, educators, parents, counselors, coaches, and administrators to create communities based on the belief that each person has a responsibility to treat themselves and others with d...
  • Flyy girl by Omar Tyree
    Omar Tyree

    Omar Rashad Tyree is a prominent African-American novelist....
  • Gossip Girl Series by Cecily von Ziegesar
    Cecily von Ziegesar

    Cecily von Ziegesar is an United States author of young adult novels. She is mainly known for creating the Gossip Girl books....


See also

  • Adolescence
    Adolescence

    Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and mental Human development that occurs between childhood and adulthood. This transition involves biological , social, and psychological changes, though the biological or physiological ones are the easiest to measure objectively....
  • Bullying
  • Clan
    Clan

    A clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent, which is defined by actual or perceived descent from a common ancestor. Even if actual lineage patterns are unknown, clan members may nonetheless recognize a founding member or apical ancestor....
  • Élite
    Elite

    Elite is taken originally from the Latin, eligere, "to elect". In sociology as in general usage, the elite is a relatively small dominant Group within a large society, which enjoys a privileged status envied by individuals of lower social status....
  • Elitism
    Elitism

    Elitism is the belief or attitude that those individuals who are considered members of the elite—a select group of people with outstanding personal abilities, intellect, wealth, specialized training or experience, or other distinctive attributes—are those whose views on a matter are to be taken the most seriously or carry the most...
  • Gang
    Gang

    A gang is a Group of people who through the organization, formation, and establishment of an assemblage share a common Identity . In current usage it typically denotes a organized crime or else a criminal affiliation....
  • Youth subculture
    Youth subculture

    A youth subculture is a youth-based subculture with distinct styles, behaviors, and interests. According to subculture theorists such as Dick Hebdige, members of a subculture often signal their membership by making distinctive and symbolic tangible choices in, for example, clothing styles, hairstyles and footwear....
  • Milieu control
    Milieu control

    Milieu control is a neologism for the mind control of environment and human communication through the use of social pressure and group language that may include dogma, Protocol , innuendo, slang, and pronunciation, which enables group members to identify other members, or to promote cognitive changes in individuals....
  • Peer group
    Peer group

    A peer group is a group of approximately the same age, social status, and interests. Generally, people are relatively equal in terms of power when they interact with peers....
  • Queen bee (subculture)
    Queen bee (subculture)

    A queen bee is the leader of a female group, a clique's leader, usually a popular young lady. Characteristics often associated to her are a beauty, charisma, skill in manipulation, and money power....
  • Social control theory
    Social control theory

    In criminology, Social Control Theory as represented in the work of Travis Hirschi fits into the Positivist school, Neo-classical school, and, later, Right Realism....
  • Social network
    Social network

    A social network is a social structure made of nodes that are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as values, visions, ideas, financial exchange, friendship, sexual network, kinship, dislike, conflict or trade....


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