Peer

Pressure

By Jordi Glasberg and Sam Spector

What kind of person is
more likely to give in to
peer pressure?
• Girl

• Private school

• Overall average of under 70%

• Interested in socializing
Negative
Positive
 Mainly affects teenagers

WHY?
• EXPERIMENTATION
• GROWTH
• DESIRE TO FIT IN
• MATURITY
• Research method: survey

• Source: surveymonkey.com

• Number of people surveyed: 83

Grade Averages- Boys

Under
0% 3% 60%
7%
60-69%
16% Grade Averages- Girls

70-79% 3%
0%

80-89% 13% Under 60%

74% 17%
60-69%
90-100% 70-79%
80-89%
67% 90-100%
 Boys' Interests

7%
7%
10% Sports
23%

Studying

Causing Trouble
36%
17%
Socializing

Volunteer Work

After School Clubs

 Girls' Interests
Sports

3% 13% 17% Studying

13% Causing Trouble

Socializing
47%
7%
Volunteer Work

After School Clubs

 Do your peers influence
you to respect others?

Yes: 73.33% (22) Yes: 56.66% (17)

No: 26.66% (8) No:43.33% (13)
Do you feel pressured by your
peers to do well in school?

Yes: 66.66% (20) Yes: 46.66% (14)

No: 33.33 (10) No: 53.33% (16)
Have you lied about liking something
just because you thought your friends
would make fun of you if they knew?

Yes: 56.66% (17) Yes: 43.33% (13)

No: 43.33% (13) No: 56.66% (17)
Have you ever done something you didn’t
feel comfortable doing just to fit in?

Yes: 76.66% (23) Yes: 46.66% (14)

No: 23.33% (7) No: 53.33% (16)
Do you think peer
pressure is good
or bad?

Why?
 “Peer pressure is a enormous part of
everyday life for teenagers. It has a
negative effect on us, because in turn we
cannot think for ourselves. Our friends
influence our choices, our choices
influence our reality. We should be
independent, and think for ourselves; we
should discover our interests and our
abilities. By having our peers and friends
pressuring us in different directions
hinders the choices we make”
“its good, people think peer pressure only leads to
bad things but ur friends can influence you to be a
good person, its actually not the "peer pressure"
thats bad, it the friends you hang out with. If you
chill with stoners (like myself) you may feel
influenced to smoke (idont influence others to
smoke but you get what i mean...). You can aswell
have friend that like to party and drink, however they
do very well in skwl! These friends may influence you
to party and drink, but in the end, they also
influence you to do well in skwl. So really, peer
pressure isnt something we can get rid of so we may
as well deal with it. In my life, there are more
positive peer pressures than negative ones...”
 “Peer pressure is bad because it can cause a person to act in a
way that they feel is immoral.”

“yes and no, depending on if a friend is pressuring you to

get better grades, or to pull the fire alarm”

“both, it can help you try new things but sometimes those things
aren't good. it really depends on your friends.”

“Good, if you have good friends, if they have better grades

than you your going to want to try and be like them.
Bad, if you have bad friends who like to do drugs and stuff”
 Results
• Girls

• Socializing

• Overall average 80-89%

•Private
 Conclusion

Confirm hypothesis
EXCEPT
overall average differs

We learnt…