Peer Influence in Adolescence
Step 1: Using the information from your textbook, PowerPoint presentations, and the Internet; write a one to two-page paper on the following topic:
Explain how peer influences change during adolescence
- Include Piaget’s formal operational stage of development and how it may impact the thoughts and choices in adolescence.
- Discuss the shift of reliance on peers
- Discuss the shift from reliance on parents
- Include your opinion on whether or not there are any dangers to a shift in peer influence? Explain your answer
- Include your opinion on whether or not there are any consequences to a shift in peer influence? Explain your answer
- Include your opinion on whether or not there are any advantages to a shift in peer? Explain your answer
