Definitions
Definition of peers
What is a group of people that you socialize with or are similar to you in age?
Direct pressure
What is both spoken or unspoken, revolving around behavior?
(ex: drinking, cheating, sexual advances)
A mentality to have in anticipation of peer pressure
What is thinking ahead and knowing what to say?
An example of professional help one can get for peer pressure
What is a teen help line?
The reason peer pressure is so common
What is wanting to fit in or be liked?
Positive pressure
What is a positive influence on one's behaviors or actions that are socially acceptable and age appropriate?
(ex: being influenced to study or get a job to save money)
Behavioural changes seen when someone is being pressured
What is a change in mood, eating patterns, people one associates themselves with?
What is going to someone you trust, a teacher, or a professional for help?
People that are affected by peer pressure
What is everyone ? ( both adults and children can be influenced or pressured into certain actions or decisions)
Unspoken pressure
What is being exposed to certain behaviors or actions and feeling like one has to make a choice to follow along?
(ex: drinking, conforming to fashion standards, etc.)
Personal behaviors that may allow for peer pressure
What is the need to be accepted/liked or having the inability to stand up for oneself?
The psychology of pressure
What are brain signals to the risk and reward department, causing the desire to act on the feeling of praise or acceptance?
The definition of peer pressure
What is "A feeling that one must do things as other people in their age or social group in order to be liked or respected"?
Indirect pressure
What is the influence of others' behaviours, causing one to conform to certain choices?
(ex: using drugs or alcohol because one's friends are partaking in it)
Questions to ask oneself to recognize pressure
What is the influences you wish to have around you, if your current influences fit in that category and if not, how to resist the negative influence?
Steps to take once pressure has been recognized
What is reaching out for help, setting boundaries between you and others, using coping strategies and planning ahead?
(at least 2 out of 4 to get correct)
The six types of peer pressure
What is Spoken, Unspoken, Direct, Indirect, Negative, and Positive?
Negative pressure
What is being influenced to partake in morally or legally wrong decisions?
(ex: smoking, drinking, fighting someone)
How to reach out to someone who might be the victim of peer pressure
What is contacting the person, telling them what you have witnessed/seen, ask if they need help, and get them connected to someone who can do so?
Steps you can take to navigate peer pressure in the pandemic
What is finding a way to bond over the safety of and willingness to protect others?
What is choosing to be safe over choosing to be accepted?