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    519-533. Arnett‚ J. J.‚ Larson‚ R.‚ & Offer‚ D. (1995). Beyond effects: Adolescents as active media users. Arnett‚ J. J. (2000). Emerging adulthood(s): The cultural psychology of a new life stage. In L. A. Auty‚ S.‚ & Elliott‚ R. (2001). Being Like or Being Liked: Identity vs. Approval in a Social Context Bailenson‚ J. N.‚ Swinth‚ K.‚ Hoyt‚ C.‚ Persky‚ S.‚ Dimov‚ A.‚ & Blascovich‚ J. (2005). The Independent and Interactive Effects of Embodied-Agent Appearance and Behavior on Bainbridge‚ W. S. (2007)

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    socialization of children. Every agent of socialization plays a role in the development of children. In this essay I play on describing the five agents and how they aid in child development. The five socializing agents consist of Family‚ School and Childcare‚ Peers‚ Mass media‚ and Community. As children grow and change the amount of influence of each agent changes. Children will learn to develop trust‚ independence‚ the tendency to take initiative‚ the sense of competence and ambition‚ the decision on who we

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    NAME: MAHLAELA D.J. STUDENT NO: 3621-201-6 COURSE CODE: HMPYC 80 - RESEARCH PROPOSAL TO INVESTIGATE THE PRECIPITATING FACTORS FOR USING THE NEW NON-CLASSIFIED DRUG CALLED NYAOPE BY ADOLESCENTS WHO LIVE IN THE WATERBERG DISTRICT OF LIMPOPO (BELA-BELA) INDEX Page 1. Title ---------------------------------------------- 3 2. Introduction ---------------------------------------- 3

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    Sociology Professor Hogue 18 September 2012 Peer Pressure and College Students College life is full of highs and lows‚ happiness and sadness‚ but on a more fundamental level college is about making the choices between right and wrong by yourself for the first time in your life. There are no parents there to say that something is a mistake and not to do it‚ you don’t get infinite chances to make the right decision; You have to decides for yourself what you think is right. In the case of many

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    to the film The Breakfast Club‚ that creates a more negative input on stereotyping. Peer groups have really changed over the years in a High school atmosphere. Peer groups in the 1980’s and still to this day when it comes to high school have major differences. In my opinion people in the 1980’s were just as selfish and stuck up when it came to that cliques. Personally I think it was way worse. ’Peer group pressure’ is frequently thought to be an important factor influencing cigarette smoking‚ alcohol

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    fruit‚ it is everywhere and it seems like a perfectly logical thing to give it a try. Besides‚ in the United States children “grow up in a world filled with messages about alcohol” (Bonnie & O ’Connel 70). They are informed about the detrimental effects of underage drinking in health class and are warned by their parents‚ but the image of alcohol they acquire from the world around Surname 2 them as a whole is still rather positive. It is presented as an ordinary and normal part of life both of

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    the causes that they see is bullying‚ peer pressure and family problem. Bullying has been a critical issue in schools‚ however lately it has become quite an epidemic and many students are taking their own lives because of being bullied. Students are being harassed physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally through different forms such as verbal threat and teasing to receiving text messages/instant message through phones and computers. (XTimeline) Peer

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    Also‚ a survey from the Centre for Youth Research and Practice shows that 56% of teenagers have experienced pop idol worship2. The figure has come to my awareness that the phenomenon of pop idol worship has turned to commonness. Self-identity and peer influence are considered to be important in this enquiry. According to Erik Erikson‚ teenagers are in adolescence. They will have the struggle to find a balance between developing a unique‚ individual identity while still being accepted and "fitting

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    Factor contribute to this problem According to Flowers‚ there are two major motivations that lead children to run away from home. The first is to avoid an emotional experience that they expect to occur. The second is to escape a painful or difficult experience in their life. (Flowers.R.B‚ 2001). Schaffner indicates that young people choose to run away from dysfunctional homes or homes with physically‚ emotionally and sexually abusive environments‚ such as parental harassment‚ violence‚ parental drugs

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    safety when crossing streets and about her adjustment to elementary school. Now imagine that same girl as a 14-year-old starting the ninth grade: She now looks like a full-grown woman‚ leading her parents to worry about the negative influences of peers‚ and the risk that she may come to physical harm during the many hours that she is away from home. Equally dramatic changes occur in the social contexts where youngsters spend time. A six-year-old boy is likely to be enrolled in a local neighborhood

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