• What is “peer pressure?” – Influence that people of similar age or status place on other to behave in a certain way • 2 types of peer pressure:- • Positive peer pressure: influence from peers to behave in a responsible way • Negative peer pressure: influence from peers to behave in a way that is NOT responsible. Peers who try to force you to make wrong decisions often just want support for their wrong actions!!!!!!!! They don’t care about your experience of feelings you have as the result
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They seldom think of the many "good" things that peer pressure could bring about in people - and neither do most parents of teenagers. Most people think of peer pressure as influence to do negative things like smoking‚ taking illicit drugs‚ drinking alcohol‚ having promiscuous sex‚ engaging in criminal behaviour‚ involvement in violence‚ joining gangs‚ and so on. According to experts‚ peer pressure is not all bad. They argue that the right group of friends can encourage a person to do positive
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Causes and Effects of Peer Pressure Everest College Cause and Effects of Peer Pressure Peer pressure is a way to control or influence others. A negative effect of peer pressure is anything that someone forces another to do that makes them feel uncomfortable. It causes young individuals to do things they know is wrong which can be very dangerous. A teenage boy can convince a teenage girl to have sex with him because “everyone is doing it”. The teenage girl
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We meet new people every day. Most of them will become our friend because we teenagers easily bloom into friendship with others. Sometimes‚ we will face some peer pressure. So‚ we must learn how to deal with it. First‚ we must know how to say "no". We should not have the thinking of carrying out the destructive activities‚ if not we are going to be addicted. We must also say "no" to those who invite us to play truant. We should not be easily influenced by others. Get help from someone we trust
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“Teenagers are trapped by peer pressure!” FOR THE MOTION A recent study shows that the current generation of teenagers is sharper‚ fitter‚ more focused and much more street-smart than the foregoing generations. However in today’s competitive‚ contentious modern world‚ where only the best of the best can make the cut and survive the concrete jungles of urban lifestyle‚ teenagers are even more timorous and insecure‚ scared of the future which makes their lives an emotional turmoil and makes them incapable
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of the pressures teens face‚ the stress they go through on a daily basis‚ and the constant want and need to fit in and be liked by their peers. But aside from all of those issues‚ one of the biggest challenges that teens face every day is peer pressure. Teens are often influenced to do things by their peers because it’s a person’s tendency to go along with the crowd. Although there is both positive and negative peer pressure‚ teens are more likely to give into the negative peer pressure such as
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"The Effects of Peer Pressure on the Academic Performance of the Third Year Students in Roosevelt College Cubao during S.Y. 2012 - 2013“ In Partial Fulfilment Of Requirement For Graduation in Secondary Education. Group Leader: Venedict M. Cadeliña Members: Darwin Paul Sumugat Darwin Philip Sumugat Saimon Joshua Mulawin Joseph Dredd Rusuello Albert Joseph Joves CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND This chapter includes the main problem together with its specific questions
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Peer pressure is not bad thing. We all are influenced by our peers‚ both negatively and positively. It helps define who we are and how we feel about subjects in our lives. It is how we chose to react to peer pressure that defines who we are as an individual. Are we a leader or a follower? Both types of people are needed to make the world go around. ’A healthy part of every child’s development is involvement with their peers. This is especially true during adolescence as teenagers develop a sense
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” Like most teens fitting in is important and can be very hard at times. I‚ in all honesty think it is important to fit in and feel accepted. I can see that Alice was just trying to fit in‚ although she was getting negative peer pressure to do the wrong thing. Negative peer pressure is one of the most powerful themes in Go ask Alice Anonymous. As her writing continues‚ we discover that she even sells drugs to primary school kids and to her classmates because of the negative pressure from her boyfriend
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The Negative Effects of Peer Pressure in the Teenaged Years He’s in the store‚ there’s ten dollars on the counter and the cashier isn’t paying attention. His obnoxious friend yells "Do it!!!!" Then you’re facing a battle in your mind whether you should or not. He start sweating‚ and he sees his friend getting frustrated as he says‚ "Come on…bitching out?" He feels stuck. Instead of doing what he know is right‚ he slowly reach out his hand and steals. Ever experienced a similar situation? If so
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