Peer_pressure

For other uses, see Peer pressure (disambiguation).

Peer pressure is a term describing the pressure exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change their attitude, behavior and/or morals, to conform to, for example, the group\'s actions, fashion sense, taste in music and television, or outlook on life. Social groups affected include membership groups, when the individual is "formally" a member (for example, a political party or trade union), and social cliques. 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. Most people who smoke say that they started or continued because of peer pressure. It can also be used to pressure someone into having sex without a condom.

See also

• Blue eyes/Brown eyes
• DARE
• Milgram experiment
• Normative
• Socialization
• Stanford prison experiment
• The Third Wave
• Keeping up with the Joneses

Sources

Social Pressure

Little Kids Health
Teen Health
Drinking pressures

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