The textbook suggests that the effects of peer pressure have been overrated. Three of the following are factors that ameliorate, or soften, the potential effects of peer pressure. Which statement is not necessarily accurate?
a. Students may give an outward impression of acting cool or going along with the crowd while secretly behaving in accordance with their own standards.
b. Students tend to hang out with peers whose values and interests are similar to their own.
c. Students retain some of the values they have acquired from their families.
d. Most adolescents have developed abstract moral principles that guide their daily decision making.
Question 2
Peer relationships, like parent-child relationships, are essential to a child's development. Which one of the following is not one of the ways that peer relationships influence the developing child?
a. Peer relationships provide opportunities to develop and practice social skills.
b. Peers are the first individuals to whom a child becomes deeply emotionally attached.
c. Peers can be a source of emotional support during difficult times.
d. Peers provide information about which behaviors are desirable and which are not.
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