Practice Test

Question 1 • Contemporary Health

What is peer pressure?

Answer

the social motivation to have and keep close friendships with multiple people

the desire of an individual to do things that friends want him or her to do

the need to resist the influence of friends and assert individuality

the impulse of an individual to socialize with people of the same general age

Explanation

Peer pressure is the influence friends or other people of similar age have on someone’s choices and behavior. The desire to do what friends want is therefore the best match: choice B.

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