PEER PRESSURE: Facing Challenges

SPOKEN & UNSPOKEN PEER PRESSURE  Peer pressure  occurs when a peer or a group of peers influence or pressure a person to think or act in a certain way. The goal of peer pressure is to convert a person's view or perception in order to make them to participate in a specific act.  The goal of peer pressure, sometimes known as peer influence, is to make a person succumb to the whims and beliefs of others in their social group, causing that person to act in a way they normally wouldn't.   SPOKEN PEER PRESSURE  Spoken  peer pressure is when a teenager asks, suggests, persuades, or otherwise induces another to engage in a certain behavior. If this is done in a one-on-one environment, the recipient of the influence has a better chance of sticking to their core values ​​and beliefs. However, if verbal influence occurs in a group, the negative peer pressure to go along with the group is enormous. UNSPOKEN PEER PRESSURE With unspoken peer pressure, a teenager is e...