Identify the correct statement from those given below, with respect to peer influence in adolescence:
Correct answer: B. Adolescents tend to choose friends who have similar interests to their own.
- A. Adolescents tend to choose friends who have markedly different interests to their own.
- B. Adolescents tend to choose friends who have similar interests to their own.
- C. Adolescents invariably report that peer pressures have a major influence on their behaviour
- D. Causation exists between friends behaviour and adolescents choices and actions.Book Online Therapy
Explanation
Adolescents commonly select friends with similar interests, attitudes and activities, a process called peer selection. Similarity does not prove that friends cause all later behaviour, and adolescents do not invariably report strong peer pressure.
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