Talk:Peer pressure/Archives/2016

Factors section

That one seems to be quite buggered, too many words are missing. 91.201.242.232 (talk) 13:23, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Olá Luana !!! estou-te a ver!!

(A Luana é uma grande psicopata mas não digam a ninguém okay?) about there experiences and sounds awsome to the people they are telling. However, what the person who does drugs doesnt tell them is all the bad stuff, such as effects, the aftermath of the drugs to their body. What they have to go through to not be on the drug anymore. The getting sick, always being tired, mood swings. That's what would really turn someone off about drugs if they heard about it for the first time.But the word about drugs is that it has come to far to change anyones minds about it. Even the people that dont use drugs probably ( not speaking for everyone) still wonder about them but never try them. I'm still wondering how anyone can do such bad things just because someone says its "awsome." Not because everyone else is doing it, but because it is "awsome."

That's not an example of peer pressure, but peer pressure is still a motivator in many cases. Presenting a favorable view of a subject is not the same as peer pressure. It's not just people who are encouraging recreational drug use who present only, or primarily, the positive aspects of what they are advocating. That is a common characteristic of most advocacy. 208.81.43.46 (talk) 15:28, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

peer pressure

Peer pressure is influence that a peer group, observers or individual exerts that encourages others to change their attitudes, values, orbehaviors to conform the group norms. Social groups affected include membership groups, in which individuals are "formally" members (such as political parties and trade unions), or social cliques in which membership is not clearly defined. A person affected by peer pressure may or may not want to belong to these groups. They may also recognize dissociative groups with which they would not wish to associate, and thus they behave adversely concerning that group's behaviors Peers become an important influence on behavior during adolescence, and peer pressure has been called a hallmark of adolescent experience.[1][2] Peer conformity in young people is most pronounced with respect to style, taste, appearance, ideology, and values.[3]Peer pressure is commonly associated with episodes of adolescent risk taking (such as delinquency, drug abuse, sexual behaviors,[4]and reckless driving) because these activities commonly occur in the company of peers.[2] Affiliation with friends who engage in risk behaviors has been shown to be a strong predictor of an adolescent's own behavior.[5] Peer pressure can also have positive effects when youth are pressured by their peers toward positive behavior, such as volunteering for charity [6] or excelling in academics.[7] The importance of peers declines upon entering adulthood.[8] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.208.236.138 (talk) 13:11, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Editing: Carnegie Mellon University on Peer Pressure

Hello!

My partner and I are students in CMU's Organizational Communication class, and we have chosen this article to improve. We will be making changes incrementally. A general note on what will likely be added to/altered on this page:

• Anything related to Conformity will be moved to the main article of Conformity. However, in the "See Also" section, a direct link to conformity will be added.
• Adding additional information (all cited) to the 'In Youth" sections. There will likely be restructuring as well.
• Removing most of the information starting at the end of the "In Youth" sections. The rest of the sections are either irrelevant or badly cited/single-section topics. In its place, we propose a large subcategory called "Applications", where we develop relevant information related to peer pressure. In this section, we expect to write a large section on Peer Pressure and Genocide (focusing specifically on the Holocaust and the Rwandan Genocide.) Other topics that will be approached include Peer Pressure as a Leadership Tool and Peer Pressure with Charitable Donations.

If anyone has questions/concerns, please message me directly! Thanks!

Renhaoh (talk) 15:29, 14 October 2016 (UTC)