Peer Pressure

Peers are:

• People that are about your age

• Your teachers

• Your parents

• All of the above

Peer pressure is always bad.

• True

• False

When friends try to influence you to do things that are harmful or wrong, it is called:

• positive peer pressure

• negative peer pressure

When friends try to influence you to do something helpful or kind, it is called:

• positive peer pressure

• negative peer pressure

Only kids and teenagers have to deal with peer pressure.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not a step that you should take when someone is pressuring you?

• Identify the problem

• Consider the consequence

• Just do it without thinking

• Decide based on the problem and consequence

A friend wants you to make fun of someone that they don't get along with. This is:

• positive peer pressure

• negative peer pressure

A friend encourages you to try out for the basketball team. This is:

• positive peer pressure

• negative peer pressure

Your best friend wants you to lie to your parents about your grades so you can come spend the night. This is:

• positive peer pressure

• negative peer pressure