Discuss peer pressure and its role in conformity and deviant behaviors
What will be an ideal response?
Susceptibility to peer pressure heightens during early adolescence but declines in young adulthood. For some children, extreme orientation to the peer group is associated with deviant behaviors. Children who have parents that are unresponsive and uninvolved may be more vulnerable to peer pressure.
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