Appearance-obsessed friends or romantic partners create pressure to be thin. The teenage years, often a socially vulnerable time, can cause youth to fear criticism and rejection from peers. The existence of certain cliques or social groups, often place an emphasis on image within the greater peer group. ... Eating disorders are often developed due to the social pressures of peers. ... Images produced by the media, the attitudes of family members, and peer pressure are all direct causes of eating disorders. ...

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Gender roles are beginning to become more definite as societal pressures build and cultural expectations solidify. The pressures and transitions associated with adolescence create a tension between child and adult. ... During adolescence, differences between the sexes are suddenly intensified by not only peer groups, but the society as a whole. ... As mentioned previously, the child will also begin to rely heavily on peers for direction and information about the way to behave in the world. Emphasis is taken from the parent as a primary agent of socialization and put on peer groups at this stag...

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The dependence on peer pressure enables the sustenance of participation and avoids default by members. ... It is not enough to have the same social setting characteristics although it is very important that people of the same social status are recruited, who are organized with others with whom they have, or come to have, a social bond and basis of reciprocated obligation, and who have faith in the everyday and honourable integrity of fellow peer group members. ... NGO organizers of peer lending groups may not have detailed knowledge of participants as they have not lived in the area they are ...

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The aim of group counseling is to develop positive peer pressure that will influence its members. ... Often if a peer proposes a solution it carries more weight than if the counselor were to suggest it. ... The aim of group counseling is to develop positive peer pressure that will influence its members. ... Often if a peer proposes a solution it carries more weight than if the counselor were to suggest it. ...

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While Asch's work illustrated how peer pressure influences social behavior, often in negative ways, Asch believed that people tend to behave decently towards each other (Ketchum, 1955). ... During the 1950s, Asch became famous for his series of experiments, known as the Asch conformity experiments, which demonstrated the effects of social pressure on conformity (Gleitman, Rozin & Sabini, 1997). ... However, conformity can have more serious consequences in school, work, and peer setting especially since levels of conformity are presumed to be much higher in real world situations than in...

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Social influences create social pressure, which arises from one's belief about what other people expect or want them to do. ... Both the Sherif and Asch experiments study the effects of group pressure on individuals and how that pressure leads them to the decision to conform to the opinions of a group. ... Social pressure can be conscious or unconscious, obvious or subtle. ... Many of the choices we make everyday are determined by these external influences and social pressures. ... All of us, not just teenagers faced with peer pressure, find ourselves in social situations where our ow...

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The sociology of education, according to Reid could be defined as, "It approaches education at a level of abstraction which is essentially concerned with the social institutions of education, from peer groups through classes and schools to the system of education, with institutional composition, structures, procedures, ideologies and functioning (workings and outcomes) and with inter-relationships between education and other institutions." (1986, p.23) Thus, from the definitions, it is apparent that sociology of education is more concerned with "people" and "society" rat...

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Travis Hirschi's 1969 book, Causes of Delinquincy, he focuses on the family, the school, and peers as the most influencial factors on a youth. ... Attachment takes three forms according to Hirschi; parents, schools, and peers are important social institutions for a person. ... One's attachment to school depends on how one appreciates the instiution and how they are received by fellow peers and teachers. Hirschi also noted that he found that one's attachment to parents and school overshadows the bond formed with one's peers. ... Through examination of six separate family ...

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Not all pupils of the same ability achieve the same successes in the classroom, as the influence of family, peer groups, even the area in which you live can have a bearing on performance. ... Boys tend to be the disruptive, badly behaved members of the class at school and will bow down to peer pressure to fit in, so if their friends are being disruptive and refusing to learn or participate in lessons, they will do likewise. ... From an ethnicity perspective, a study by Manchester University concluded that; 'Adults from ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to be educated to a hig...

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Sometimes the dancers are still unsatisfied due to which they put even more pressure on themselves in their strive to be absolutely perfect for their audience. ... On one hand, their peers live through them and on the other hand, they cannot be better than their peers. ...

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He explains that he was almost forced by social pressures to be on the football team to "perfect"" his social image: "I can still remember the ease with which he lifted the barbell, the veins popping through his bulging biceps...this was to be the image of my future" (Sabo 426). ... On the other hand, once students are faced with the burden of having to comply with the intense demands and strict rules to which the group subjects them, they begin to desire to liberate themselves from these pressures. ... Fashion emphasizes the power individuals have to choose their methods of self-expression, b...

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As a child, Casey Anthony's parents favored her over her older brother, Lee. Being spoiled, along with Casey's natural disposition, led her to become a self-centered and conniving adult. She'd learned that, through lying, she could manipulate her way into getting whatever she wanted - and easily co...

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Indifferent to peer pressure Appears rude but is unaware of social conventions Unaware of how his behaviour affects others. ... The communication skills are not as developed as his peers. ... He has an unusual and soft tone of voice and when he speaks he seems to be very fluent and sophisticated when compared to his peers. ... This lends itself to incorporating the students into mainstream classes, as their intellectual development is equal to that of their peers. ...

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Self-discipline becomes difficult, because one does not have internalised pressure and has moved to total independance from ones parents or teachers to manage one's workload and study program. ... It all depend on the quality of the relationships as with social relationships comes peer pressure. ...

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This has caused children and teenagers to be more vulnerable to peer pressure and have an inadequate capability for self-regulation. ... Peer pressure is very susceptible in people of any age but specifically to teenagers (Burleigh). ...

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From the understanding that culture is passed on to persons through intimate peer groups. ... For example prostitution in regions of developing world is deviant in most cultures, poverty pressure pushes young girls to the acts.  The reason for the deviant people to take a different direction from the social norms is because of how they were raised with the pressure in the society, but others deviate because of specific reason. ...

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The Ultimate Sacrifice "The idea of the ultimate sacrifice comes only with an idea of purity, through fatality" (Anderson, 144). What makes people willing to die for their countries? In his book Imagined Communities, Benedict Anderson explores this question. Anderson believes the answer lays in...

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There is a lot of inequality with women being pressured to conform to social norms and comply with religious expectations to avoid conflicts with their husband and family. ... As the child ages they are then influenced by peers, education and media, a process known as secondary socialization. ...

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There were certain adverse economic conditions and social issues that affected the dynamics of the family because of the daily pressure and strains that the mom had to endure and as a result the relationship between Essie Mae and her mom suffered. ... In Essie Mae case, the socioemotional effects of racial issues that existed in the immediate setting of her neighborhood had an influence on the relationship between her and her peer group. ...

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Bullying and peer victimization are extremely dangerous precipitators" (p. 271). ... For example, a teenager with a slight case of depression starts to get bullied by a peer group at school. ... People who are in that higher social class know that this is the stereotype they are in so whenever they are depressed or suicidal, they feel all of this pressure to not let the less powerful see this side of them because it is somewhat socially deviant. ...

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His view of choice making was not completely rational however, as he acknowledged that individuals were susceptible to pressures and constraints of objective reality. ... Informal interactions such as having a normal peer group may prove difficult as many see only the master status. ...

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Marketers must exercise care in analyzing consumer behaviour. Consumers often turn down what appears to be a winning offer. As soon as managers believe that they understand their consumers, buyer decisions are made that appear to be irrational. But what looks like irrational behaviour to a manager is completely rational to the consumer. Buying behaviour is never simple. ...

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