Peer pressure is the phenomenon wherein we tend to get influenced by the lifestyles and the ways of thinking of our peers. The thoughts‚ behavior and tastes of fashion‚ music‚ television and other walks of life of the masses are often seen having a deep impact on the living of the society. The changing ways of life of our peers often force us to change our ways of looking at life and leading it. Peer Pressure can help us analyze our self and contemplate on our ways of life. Some of the practices
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Statement of the Problem The study aimed to find out the influences of computer games to the academic performance of second year college students at Bataan Peninsula State University Dinalupihan Campus during the Academic Year 2012- 2013. Specifically‚ it sought to answer the following questions: 1. How may the profile of the students be described in terms of their: 2.1 age and 2.2 gender 2.3 economic status 2. What are the factors that encourage the
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Effects of computer addiction on the Academic Performance of the students A Research paper Submitted to the Faculty of Education City College of Tagaytay In Partial Requirement for the subject‚ Educational Research Von Bryan A. Borja BSE – IIA Submitted to: Mrs. Lorena Constante October 17‚ 2012 Introduction It is known that we are living in technological era. The computers become irreplaceable tool in everyday life of almost each person
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We’ve heard about it‚ experienced it‚ advised the children about it and yet‚ a majority of kids continue to struggle with it through years of schooling and perhaps even later. Peer pressure is inevitable since there always exists one ’cool group’ at school - which basically includes a bunch of kids who do all the things that they are not supposed to do and make it seem like a ’cool’ or ’happening’ thing to do. Children‚ who are too sincere at studies‚ have often been at the receiving end of ridicule
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actually does. We know that peer pressure is such a crucial reason as to why adolescents begin to participate in things such as drugs and alcohol. Just how much to the extent is pressure from parents going to influence a child? It turns out that they have the opposite effect of what you think that it would have. There are factors such as gender and ethnicity that also plays their parts in who is more likely to begin substance use. What factors help a child stand up to peer pressure and go against conformity
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“Extracurricular Activities affecting the academic performance of students” name of student section schd name of prof date Abstract Extracurricular activities and academics has been related to each other for many reasons but they all revolve around the life of th e average student. It’s also been observed that one affects the other when it comes to the growth of the student. Many have their own opinions regarding extracurricular activities whether it’s better to take an extracurricular
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REACTIONS OF THE FRESHMEN STUDENTS TOWARDS STRESS In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Balaga‚ Airen Ross Marjury A. Limpot‚ Rejoice A. Mamalias‚ Cherry Mae P. Manzanares‚ Arryn Clyde M. Parreno‚ Winjil P. March 2013 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the study The word stress means different things to different people. In biology‚ stress is defined as an organism’s total response to
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF A WORKING STUDENTS Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction / Background of the Study Student jobs have become a sort of trend among students around the world‚ who want to work while they are studying. In short‚ the term that suits this trend is ’Earn and Learn’ policy. Other reason why student jobs are popular among students is they help to cope up with the constant increase in tuition fees‚ and a way to afford further educations
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Response Questions a) How does the pressure of peers influence young people’s decision making abilities? - Peer pressure influences young people in a lot of different ways including fashion choice‚ alcohol and drug use and academic performance. Young people‚ when with their peers‚ are more likely to take risks to seem impressive or ‘cool’. b) Define resilience and discuss 3 examples of situations young people could find themselves in that they would need this to help them cope. - Resilience is
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School Effect of Peer Influence in the Behavior of a Student in School Introduction One of the sources of a teenagers’ acceptance‚ trust and understanding is their peer. They usually replace their family with their friends as the center of young individuals’ social life. A lot of students have been influenced by the pressure of their peers and as a result they become confused. A student’s behavior is affected by his or her peer because he or she who spends more time with their peer‚ rather than
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