A presentation about peer pressure

1. Peer means
to you ?

2. Peer Pressure..

4. A DESIRE TO FIT IN

5. THE NEED FOR
AFFILIATION

6. TO AVOID REJECTION

7. Confusion between Good &
Bad

9. Harvard Research Team
Automatically computer
generated fake ratings
Rerated the pictures after half an
hour break
Two important findings

10. Possibl
e
Effects

11. RELUCTANT TO
SHOW UP

12. WITHDRAWAL
FROM ACTIVITIES

13. LOW MOODS

14. MAKING
COMPARISONS

15. DRAMATIC CHANGES IN
STYLE

16. Types
Internal/Positive
Internal/Negative
External/Positive
External/Negative

17. Maggie is thinking about
going to a party she knows
alcohol will be at there.
Her other friends convince
Maggie it is not a good
idea to go to the party,
because they do not want
Maggie to get into trouble.

18. External Positive

19. A group of Sally’s friends
are smoking in a hidden,
free from any supervision
spot at a football game. No
one asks Sally to smoke,
but she really wants to try
it to fit in with the group.
What type of pressure is
this?

20. Internal Negative

21. Ted is with his friends
at the beach. Penny,
the girl he likes pulls
out a bottle of wine and
passes it to Ted. Ted
passes
the wine to someone
else without taking a
sip. Penny says to Ted,

22. External Negative

23. Ryan started smoking
two years ago. He
heard some friends
talking about going to a
cessation class (learn
to stop smoking). He
checked it out online
and signed up for the

24. Internal Positive

25. Influence

27. Behavior
Constructive Destructive

28. Response to Authorities
Respectful Disrespectful

29. Response towards parents and adults
Obeying
• Defying
Defying

30. Decision Making
Rational and logical Bad and poor

31. Self Development
Encouraged Discouraged

32. Academics
Good Progress Bad Progress

33. Response towards substances/Activities
Attracts towards healthy stuff Attracts towards unhealthy stuff

35. Say NO!

36. Take actions

37. Think and analyze
consequences

38. Choose friends wisely

39. SPEND QUALITY TIME

40. BECOME MORE AWARE

41. Get yourself closed to Religion and Culture

42. LEARN TO
DIFFERENTIATE