...Peer Pressure 1 Peer Pressure and Adolescent Candice L. Brown Liberty University Online PSYC 231 Peer Pressure 2 Abstract This topic paper I will examine how peer pressure affects adolescent in today youth culture. I discuss how peer pressure can be positive and negative influences on teens life and how to avoid this behavior influences through applying Christian values. If though peer pressure is experience by all it up to the individual to make the right choice and have self-control. I will discuss how the parent role can also influence peer pressure. This...
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...Peer Pressure "Come on you guys! Let's just skip math class. Who wants to take that math quiz, anyway? I'm gonna go get some lunch instead. Don't you all want to come, too? Let's go!" demands the best kid in your class. Everyone goes along with him. Would you do what you know is right and go to math class? Or would you just go along with the others because you don't want to be left out? As you grow older, you will see that sometimes, you will face some challenging situations. Sometimes, they don't have any obvious right or wrong answer – you just have to make your mind. In other times, you have to make decisions that include serious ethical questions, like the situation that you saw, the one about cutting math class. Making your own choices...
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...Should Children be Exposed to Social Media? Learning Team C BCOM/275 June 18, 2012 Dr. Nicholas Sherwin Should Children be Exposed to Social Media? The most popular way to stay connected to family, friends, coworkers and classmates is via social media. Today, there are numerous sites available and with technology are readily accessible to anyone of any age. For children, becoming a member of these sites can expose them to situations and experiences that can have both a positive or negative effect. It opens the door for them to be cyber bullied or can expose them to a new form of peer pressure. Social media sites allow round the clock access to everyone so that we can all be “connected”. Is the cost of this access worth the benefits of staying “connected”? Social Media In todays world, media technology is a fundamental part of children’s lives. American children are heavily exposed to all forms of social media through many different channels of technology. Media is an instrument used as a form of communication, like a newspaper, radio, television, and the internet. Social Media is the main component of communication and is dramatically changing. Individuals can communicate with family and friends in more detail as more contents are created and shared on these social media websites. The most popular media used by children today are: the internet, cell phones, and a wide range are joining the social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace (The Future of Children...
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...“PEER PRESSURE AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN THE CRIMINOLOGY STUDENT OF NATIONAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE” THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION What is peer pressure? How does peer pressure affect on the school performance of the criminology student? There are such several factors that affect in their school performance. There are some programs on how to control and manage peer pressure. People grow older; people may be faced with some challenge decision. Some don’t have a clear right or wrong answer. Other decisions involve serious moral questions. Making decisions on own is hard enough, but when other people get involved and try to make pressure the people one way or another it can be even harder. People who are teenagers and adolescence, like classmates, are called peers. When they try to influence how the act, to get to do something, it’s called peer pressure. It’s something everyone has to deal with, even adults. Maybe others want to do it, and just don’t have to courage to do it and friends talk them into it. Peer pressure can be broken down into two areas, good peer pressure and bad peer pressure. Peer pressure was always thinking of it in bad terms. In terms of pressuring others into, smoking, do illegal drugs, drink alcohol, have promiscuous sex, engage in criminal and quasi-criminal, behavior, do violence, join gangs, and so on. Thinking of the many good ways that peer pressure can influence and neither...
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...Reviving Peer Pressure Nobles International School English Department Shakib Arsalaan * Abstract Almost everyone has experienced peer pressure before, either positive or negative. Peer pressure is the act of peers to get a teenager to do something they usually wouldn’t do. It is so easy to give in to peer pressure because everyone wants to fit in and be liked. Especially when it seems like “everyone is doing it”. Yet whenever we hear the word Peer Pressure we immediately think towards the negative side of it. We don’t usually think of positive peer pressure. This research is going to understand why that is happening with the help of statistics, interviews, and survives. * * Contents * Reviving Peer Pressure Introduction What Is Peer Pressure Types of Peer Pressure How does it Affect Teenager On what measures does it affect the society? Why is Peer Pressure consider Negative? Teenagers Who Have Experienced Peer Pressure Interviews with Parents Graphs and Statistics of Peer Pressure How to Reduce Peer Pressure Technics of using Peer Pressure in a positive way How to improve it within a society Conclusion Point of View on Peer Pressure Summary References/Bibliography * Introduction When a school year begins, students are dealing with new classes, sports and other school-related activities. Most students will also face the challenges of peer pressure. Peer...
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...standpoint of adolescent alcohol and drugs. This paper will also identify and inform you on the common predictors of adolescent substance abuse. In addition, this paper will review ways on how substance abuse can lead to become a negative behavior from the adolescent micro, mezzo, and macro system. This paper will focus on how peer, family characteristic, and individual and factors connection with substance abuse in adolescents. It also will demonstrate a relationship that links to factors in at risk youth. However, researchers has shown that most adolescent and at risk teens are influence by drugs and alcohol because of their peers, family and individual characteristic. Introduction Society today has a huge trend on Alcohol and drugs among adolescent. This has become a huge impact on at risk teens. However, adolescent may reflect on drugs because of plethora circumstances. Adolescent may believe that alcohol and drugs may help them to cope better with their problems. According to McWhirter, Alcohol and other drug involvement and use among adolescents have been a society and public problem for decades (McWhirter, McWhirter, McWhirter & McWhirter, 2013) In addition, with new technology and social media expanding adolescent are influence by the negative behavior they observe by other adolescents. The influence may inspire them to think that it is ok to do alcohol and drugs. However, the adolescents are not inquiring that it can ruin their body physical, mental, and emotionally...
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...Consequences To Conformity, Compliance and Obedience Pertaining to Social Pressure Social Influence and Groups "Social influence is the process by which the actions of an individual or group affect the behavior of others" (Feldman, 2013). Many people know from their own experiences the undeniable pain, as well as changes in behavior, that is experienced by submitting to these type pressures, that otherwise, never would have resulted. Social pressures cause people to conform, comply, and obey. Furthermore, these actions and behaviors can have severe negative affects to our personal relationships, which will be address in the following paragraphs. Conformity: Following What Others Do Conformity can be defined as a change in behavior and attitudes that happens because of a need to follow other people (Feldman, 2013). Frequently, people conform to peers and social pressure because of their psychological need to be accepted. Everyone wants to feel loved and accepted. However, when this acceptance comes at the dangerous cost of conforming to social groups, changes occur that are sometimes not thought out and/or unexpected (Encyclopedia for Marriage and Family, 2003). For example, many times people lose their individuality and will not grow as a person because they do not feel they can voice their own thoughts and opinions. This is for fear that in so doing, they will go against their peer groups and become unaccepted. This type conformity usually begins during adolescents...
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...| 2010 | | PEER PRESSURE | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, we would like to thank ALMIGHTY Allah for His help and granting us the ability to undertake this subject. It is by His Will that we have been able to complete our term report. And we would like to thank all our family members who not only allow us to conduct this research but put our self one step ahead by giving their precious knowledge. We are truly indebted to Miss Nadia Ayub for giving us this incredible opportunity to gain tremendous understanding of “Peer Pressure”. She showed commendable gesture of believing in our potentials and guided us throughout the completion of this report. Last but not the least; we are deeply thankful to all the participants that have shared their valuable experiences by filling out our questionnaires as truly as they could and helped us in completion of our project. TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 INTRODUCTION 5 Negative and Positive Effects of Peer Pressure 5 Negative Effects of Peer Pressure: 5 Positive Effects of Peer Pressure: 6 Tips to Combat Peer Pressure 6 Be Confident Of Yourself 6 Be Comfortable With Your Choices 6 Be Your Leader 6 Build the Mental Toughness to Resist 7 AIMS OF STUDY 7 METHODS 8 SAMPLE 8 MEASURE 8 PROCEDURE 8 RESULTS 9 CONCLUSION 13 REFERENCES 13 APPENDIX-A 14 APPENDIX –B (QUESTIONNAIRE) 22 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Although people assume that peer pressure is an influential...
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...influence of peer pressure in adolescence In our young days we all might have tried it. Maybe we didn’t notice it, but it still had an influence on us. Peer pressure happens every day, and some cases are worse than others. A lot of teenagers might feel very unsecure, and need something to hold on to. Because of that, teenagers join a group of friends, in some cases; “friends”, and to keep their status in the group, they might do things to be respected and accepted in the group. These things can be negative and positive. The negative influence could be if a group of friends start to smoke. Let’s pretend there are five boys in this group, four of them start to smoke, and one of the boys doesn’t do things like that, or rather; he doesn’t smoke. The four smoking boys feel some kind of unity by smoking together, and that exclude the non-smoking boy from the group, and the boy will maybe not be accepted in the group anymore. To avoid getting excluded by the group, he starts to smoke, despite his own will. This example is described as a negative influence. Even worse cases could be if a group of boys want to commit a robbery or break into a store for example. One of the boys in the group doesn’t really want to do these things, maybe because he knows better than the rest of the group. But he follows the group, so in the end he really doesn’t’ know better, because giving in to peer pressure, is not so clever and especially not, when it has such a negative influence on him....
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...PEER INFLUENCE IN RELATION TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SOCIALIZATION AMONG ADOLESCENTS: A LITERATURE REVIEW by Nicole Marie Howard A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree With a Major in School Psychology Approved Two Semester Credits _____________________________ Investigation Advisor The Graduate School University of Wisconsin-Stout May, 2004 ii The Graduate School University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI 54751 ABSTRACT _________Howard__________Nicole_______M._________________________ (Writer) (Last Name) (First) (Initial) Peer Influence In Relation To Academic Performance and Socialization Among__ (Title) Adolescents: A Literature Review______________________________________ School Psychology (Graduate Major) Dr. Helen Swanson (Research Advisor) May/2004_____ 30__________ (Month/Year) (No. of Pages) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition___ (Name of Style Manual Used in This Study) Adolescents have always been exposed to peer influence, but the kinds of peer influence that they encounter have changed tremendously in the past years. Peers can influence everything from what an adolescent chooses to wear to whether or not an adolescent engages in drug related or other delinquent behavior. This is an important topic because if society and education related professionals understand the issues surrounding negative peer influence, they are more likely...
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...Peer pressure is one of the leading problems of adolescence. Peer pressure can lead to many problems. Peer pressure can be to spoke weed, to drink alcohol, to dress differently, to change yourself physically to make friends, and maybe, to a lesser extent, to not study for a test to go see a movie. All teenagers, and all people go through peer pressure -- it's not just in high school. A co-worker might say to you, "Let's go to the club instead of this meeting," and some people might give into that. However, solely regarding adolescents, it's detrimental, but it really depends on what they're being pressured into doing. If they're pressured into cheating on a test, that can lead to lower grades, and even suspension or expulsion. If they're pressured into smoking, this can lead to addiction, and this can lead to health problems, like asthma, blindness, or throat and lung cancer. If they're pressured into drinking alcohol, this can lead to addiction, alcoholism, recklessness, and even alcohol poisoning, which can lead to death. If they're pressured into changing their physical appearance to make friends, this can lead to some serious issues, such as bulimia and anorexia, which has been linked to excessive weight-loss, hair-loss, discoloration of the skin, dizziness and fainting, lack of energy, chronic sore throats, and broken blood vessels in the eyes, among many other detrimental things. Ultimately, this can lead to death. Peer pressure can cause teenagers to become dependent on...
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...see happening around them. With that being said, there are many environmental features that can convince them to use and abuse alcohol. Two environmental aspects are, peer pressure and binge drinking. Peer pressure is when a person of the same age group influences you to do something that you are hesitant about. Teenagers of today’s society enjoys partying and having fun. Unfortunately, consuming alcohol beverages is the way for them to have a good time. Therefore, it is likely that at some point they will feel pressured by their peers into partying and eventually participating in the consumption of alcohol beverages, which can also lead to binge drinking....
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...of peer pressure in adolescence In our young days we all might have tried it. Maybe we didn’t notice it, but it still had an influence on us. Peer pressure happens every day, and some cases are worse than others. A lot of teenagers might feel very unsecure, and need something to hold on to. Because of that, teenagers join a group of friends, in some cases; “friends”, and to keep their status in the group, they might do things to be respected and accepted in the group. These things can be negative and positive. The negative influence could be if a group of friends start to smoke. Let’s pretend there are five boys in this group, four of them start to smoke, and one of the boys doesn’t do things like that, or rather; he doesn’t smoke. The four smoking boys feel some kind of unity by smoking together, and that exclude the non-smoking boy from the group, and the boy will maybe not be accepted in the group anymore. To avoid getting excluded by the group, he starts to smoke, despite his own will. This example is described as a negative influence. Even worse cases could be if a group of boys want to commit a robbery or break into a store for example. One of the boys in the group doesn’t really want to do these things, maybe because he knows better than the rest of the group. But he follows the group, so in the end he really doesn’t’ know better, because giving in to peer pressure, is not so clever and especially not, when it has such a negative influence on him....
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...Teenagers in Today’s Society: Situations and Decisions Adolescents throughout the decades, past and present, have all felt the social pressure to fit into a certain clique. They all feel that urge to associate themselves with the popular group and will try anything to meet those standards of today’s society. Teenage social conformity and lack of individuality is an issue in Joyce Carol Oates’ story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Oates demonstrates throughout her story that an adolescent’s sense of approval from their peers could lead them into making rash and carless decisions. Many people believe they need to dress and behave in a certain manner if they want to be liked by their peers. Unfortunately, today’s society is all about paying attention to how someone dresses instead of how they present themselves. Some girls do not realize that dressing in a sexy way could make them seem vulnerable to some individuals. Oates’ story stated that Connie “wore a pull-over jersey blouse that looked one way when she was at home and another way when she was away from home.” Connie did attract attention from boys her age with her altered clothing but she also attracted negative attention from an older man named Arnold. Adolescents strive for other’s attention so they can achieve that level of being wanted. There is evidence of this in the story when Connie is at a drive-in with her friends. She is intrigued by what...
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...give more attention to friendship and teamwork, but continue to be strongly influence by their parents’ judgment. Their also yearn for love and acceptation from family and friends. They have ability to experience and describe feelings and thoughts with parents and friends. Middle childhood is a time when children develop social relationships. The social skills learned through family and peers give them ability to participate in meaningful communication that later provide foundation for challenges as adolescence. This improves their relationship and encourages them to be successful in future. As children enter adolescence stage, they begin to spend more unsupervised time with friends and other peers than they had before. They spend less time with their parents and family members. Their distance themselves emotionally from parents. Adolescents are exploring different ideas and values. Peers have greater importance on their views, advice, and approval. For acceptance and popularity, they begin to turn to their friends more often as source for advice and comfort. Because of negative peer pressure, adolescence may become discontented and unsuccessful as an individual in future. The effect of functional and dysfunctional families has major impact on...
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