Peer pressure is a term describing the pressure exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change their attitude, behavior and/or morals, to conform to, for example, the group's actions, fashion sense, taste in music and television, or outlook on life. A peer group is a group of approximately the same age Social status, and interests Behavior or behaviour (see spelling differences) refers to the actions or Reactions of an object or Organism, usually Morality (from the Latin la moralitas "manner character proper behavior" has three principal meanings Social groups affected include membership groups, when the individual is "formally" a member (for example, a political party or trade union), and social cliques. A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming A clique ( IPA:/'klɪk/ in America /'kliːk/ elsewhere is an exclusive group of people who share interests views purposes patterns of behavior or ethnicity A person affected by peer pressure may, or may not want to belong to these groups. They may also recognize dissociative groups with which they would not wish to associate, and thus they behave adversely concerning that group's behaviors. Most people who smoke say that they started or continued because of peer pressure.
The chances of a young person getting involved in criminal activity are increased if they have friends who have been in trouble with the law.
Media however, is generally quick to denounce celebrities endorsing fad diets, including popstars who describe girls who are not under a peer pressurized size, a "social suicide"[1]. Definition In the absence of agreement about its meaning the term "social" is used in many different senses referring among other things to attitudes
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