Henry Believes That the Rise of Adolescent Peer Groups Has

question 99

Multiple Choice

Henry believes that the rise of adolescent peer groups has contributed to the rise of adolescent crime and drug use. Which of the following statements refutes this belief?

• A) Even though society has continued to become increasingly age segregated, the rates of many adolescent problem behaviors have fluctuated considerably over the past few decades.
• B) Contemporary adolescents spend more time in peer groups than adolescents did in past eras.
• C) Today's adolescents are more susceptible to the influence of their friends than adolescents were in past eras.
• D) Peers indeed have a universally bad influence on each other.

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