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Peer Pressure is more harmful than beneficial?

Depends on the situation at hand, everything is ruled by circumstance and this ? needs to be more specific about what is being pressured ....


How are boys affectd by peer pressure?

Peer pressure happens to everyone and not just boys. Boys and girls are affects different when they give in to peer pressure. Boys are more likely to be bullied more at school because they do what their bully tells them to do. This is an example of bullying peer pressure. Peer pressure normally ends up doing things that you know are wrong or that you don't think you like.


Was the samurai warriors more beneficial or more harmful to Japan?

they were beneficial because they fought wars to protect their people.


What can result from peer pressure?

Suicide, criminal acts and more pressure


Are adolescents more prone to peer pressure?

Yes


How can peer pressure do more good than harm?

Peer pressure is beneficial only when there is a healthy competition and a learning spirit among the peers. A competitive approach often leads to proving each other wrong, which is the ugliest effect of peer pressure. The competitive spirit also leads to a thinking of being at par with the others. This could be in the form of absorbing new culture, beliefs, lifestyle etc. This triggers continuous improvement and thus leads to more good than harm.


What kinds of peer pressure?

There are acutally 3 types of peer pressure:Direct Peer PressureUnspoken Indirect Peer PressurePositive Peer PressureActually, there are two:NegativePositveNegative has many different sub-types such as:See Numbers 1 & 2 in the above answer (above the line)Positive has the same as Negative.


Peer pressure does more harm than good?

Peer pressure in school means that you feel like you should do what everyone else is doing. because your "peers" want you to do it. You should never give in to peer pressure and always ask yourself "why" am i doing this? And if it is because of other people, you should think if you would do it before those people did.


Who experience peer pressure?

Everyone experiences peer pressure, but it is more prevalent for young people when they are growing up. The desire to have friends and "fit in" makes peer pressure a major issue at that time of life. Unfortunately, when young, people do not realize how much succumbing to negative peer pressure can affect them the rest of their lives.


Do black children from single parent families face peer pressure more than others?

It doesn't matter what your race is , anybody can be effected by peer pressure .


How does peer pressure start?

Peer pressure is not particular to age. Once a child starts to socialize with other children who are approximately the same age peer pressure starts. Its just that today's society seems to place more emphasis on peer pressure from early to late adolescence.


Why is more known about harmful mutation than beneficial ones?

answer it your self lol