Are you alone?
Can you be separated from
others?
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The Power of Group
What is “Peer”?
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What is Peer
Pressure? (Group
Pressure)?
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What is “Peer”?
Our Text p.17
A person of the same age, the same social
position, or having the same abilities as other
people in a group.
Each of these group– has
its own culture/ set of rules governing the
behavior
e.g.
we have groups of friend
belong to a nation/ a religious group
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What is Peer Pressure?
(Group Pressure)?
To behave in the similar way / to share
similar expectations.
The group we belong to influence our
opinions about the world, our interactions
with others, and the decisions we make.
The strong influence of a group on members
of that group to behave in the same way,
even if the behavior is not good.
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Peer Pressure Situation
p.18
You have been invited to the wedding of a
family member you don’t like.
Your friends are planning to see a popular
movie this weekend. (The reviews say it is a
bad movie.)
All you friends have started to wear a new
styles of shoes. (You think they look ugly.)
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Peer Pressure Situation
p.18
Listen to two college students-Rebecca and
Jim. What do they say they would do in
these situations? Take notes about their
answer. (see p.18).
Compare your answer with your partner.
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