Glencoe Health
Glencoe Health
1st Edition
McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780078913280
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Section 8.2: Peer Pressure and Refusal Skills

Exercise 1
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Peer pressure refers to the influence that peers can have on each other in order to be liked or to be respected by everyone in the social group. This coerces someone to go along the beliefs and behaviors of his peers.
Exercise 2
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1. Blackmail
2. Mocking or teasing
Exercise 3
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It is much easier to resist negative peer pressure when you have supportive friends who stand by you and respect your decision.
Exercise 4
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Tell them that being aggressive may result in damages. Some people’s reaction to aggressive behavior is to fight back and this will not solve anything. It will just create misunderstanding. There are alternatives to getting what you want. As long as it is safe, standing for what you believe in may sway the other party to also believing what you believe.
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Be assertive instead of aggressive.
Exercise 5
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$textit{Harassment}$ is the persistence in annoying others that may include teasing, name-calling, and bullying while $textit{manipulation}$ is controlling other people in a dishonest way. Both of them are ways to pressure other people to do unsafe activities.
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Harassment and manipulation
Exercise 6
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Here is a sample dialogue that shows how to refuse or resist negative peer pressure:

At a party…

Nick: Hey, Max! Come on! Sit here with me and Theo.

Max: Nah, I don’t think I can. I have to go home now.

Theo: Come on, man!

Nick: Then, at least have a drink! Take this.

Max: I don’t think so. Perhaps, some other time.

Theo: You’re going to drink it. Period. No excuse.

Max: Noooo. I really have to go.

Nick: What’s the matter? It’s just one drink.

Max: No, dude. You should go home too. I think you’ve had too many drinks. Bye, guys.

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Here is a sample dialogue that shows how to refuse or resist negative peer pressure:

At a party…

Nick: Hey, Max! Come on! Sit here with me and Theo.

Max: Nah, I don’t think I can. I have to go home now. (Click to see the full solution)

Exercise 7
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As peer pressure can affect your actions and behaviors, it is necessary to weigh things that will be safe for you. Peer pressure affects you positively if you learn new things that will not only be beneficial to you but also to other people. Volunteering in shelters with your friends is a positive peer pressure. Or even just studying for an exam is already a positive peer pressure. Negative effects of peer pressure involves you doing harmful things to your body,the people around you, or the environment. Bullying those that do not adhere to the “normal” stereotypes is caused by negative peer pressure to be included in a clique.
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Positive and negative effects of peer pressure
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