Peer pressure is the social pressure by members of one’s peer group to take a certain action‚ adopt certain values‚ or otherwise conform in order to be accepted. It is a powerful mental force that influences everyone‚ but it could bring about good or bad effects depending on the group of people around the individual. The effects of peer pressure could be seen throughout everyone’s daily lives everywhere‚ be it at school‚ at work‚ or within the general community. People of all age groups and backgrounds
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(2008‚ May 12). MPAA aims at taking The Pirate Bay down with $15.4m lawsuit. IT ProPortal. Retrieved November 20‚ 2009‚ from http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2008/5/12/mpaa-aims-taking-pirate-bay-down-154m-lawsuit/ Barkai‚ D. (2002). Peer-to-Peer Computing: Technologies for Sharing and Collaborating on the Net. Santa Clara: Intel Press. Gardner‚ S.‚ & Krug‚ K. (2005). BitTorrent For Dummies. New York: For Dummies. Michel‚ N. J. (n/d). Internet File Sharing: The Evidence So Far and What
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Peer pressure. Say those two powerful words‚ and they can strike fear in your heart! But add the word "positive" and you have a tool that will help kids learn...to make the best choices. Positive peer pressure. These three words pack a powerful punch -- just the kind of positive punch we want in children’s lives to help them make good decisions when we’re not around. It’s important to understand the nature of positive peer pressure and take action to foster its benefits. "Peer influences are normal
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Peer pressure is something that teenagers struggle with everyday. It can turn yourself‚ and your life‚ upside down in a matter of weeks. Every teen desires to fit in with their friends and peers. However‚ trying to fit in can change who you are as a person. It can change your appearance‚ attitude‚ and many more qualities that you would like to keep‚ without even realizing it. Peer pressure occurs when you want to be just like your friends. Your friends have an impact on you more than you think
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feedbacks from peers acting as agents could influence their co-workers performance and behavior in an informally controlled management. Thus‚ trying to understand the effectiveness of monitoring‚ work-unit performance and an individual’s satisfaction in performing well for a reward system in an organization. Highlighting the two research question “What is peer monitoring “and “Is peer monitoring associated with higher work-unit performance?” The authors examined two types of peer monitoring direct
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Peer Pressure “Come on grab it hurry just grab it‚ it’s easy to steal the video game and I will let you play it first hurry‚ and grab it.” Peer pressure is basically someone around you who is trying to get you to do something you are not comfortable with‚ or something that is against your standards. For instance trying to get you to smoke‚ or drink with them is something you may not be okay with. Although some might say all peer pressure is bad I would argue that because peer pressure can
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Good peer pressure‚ on the other hand‚ is being pushed into something that you didn’t have the courage to do or just didn’t cross your mind to do. Some people say that good peer pressure is when you get pushed into something that you didn’t want to do and it turned out well. Well‚ this may be nice‚ but ask yourself this question: how do you know "ahead of time" whether what you are doing will turn out good or bad? Can you? Most people can’t‚ but if you can‚ your problems may be solved! Respected
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4. Peer Acceptance As Sentse‚ Lindenberg‚ Omvlee‚ Ormel & Veenstra (2009) stated‚ the need to belong is one of the most important need of an individual‚ and during adolescence‚ the closest group of people that an adolescent could have strong attachments with is his/her family and friends. In a study by Khurshid & Rehman (2006)‚ those who have low self-esteem were reported to have higher peer stressors as compared to others having high self-esteem. Their findings suggested that those who
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Peer pressure has been an issue in our society for many years. Adults‚ teens and even children are being subject to all kinds of outside influences to act and be a certain way‚ and to do certain things. Peer pressure is caused be the need to belong‚ ignorance and fear‚ and also the embarrassment of rejection. Teens‚ reaching for a bottle of alcohol at a party though they normally wouldn’t drink; this is an example of the need we all feel to belong. This is the "everyone else is doing it‚ it can’t
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