Which of the Following Is True About Peer Conformity

question 146

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about peer conformity?

• A) Most teenagers blindly do what their peers ask, regardless of their age or relationship with parents.
• B) Adolescents feel most pressured to conform to obvious aspects of peer culture, such as grooming and participation in social activities.
• C) Peer pressure to engage in antisocial acts is greater than peer pressure to engage in proadult behavior.
• D) Authoritarian child rearing is related to adolescents resisting peer pressure.

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Definitions:

Emotional Tactic

A strategy that uses emotions to influence or manipulate others' decisions or perceptions.

Ingratiation

A social influence strategy involving deliberate efforts to win over someone by flattering or pleasing them.

Compliance

The act of conforming to a request or demand, often from an authority figure or peer.

Heuristic-Systematic

Referring to a model of information processing that includes a heuristic, or shortcut, method and a systematic, or detailed, method for decision making.