Question

select the correct answer.
which of the following situations is someone using peer pressure based on a rejection threat?
a. joe has had the same friends since childhood. they all started drinking recently, but he doesnt want to. joe decides not to drink with them so they dont like him anymore.
b. marthas friends regularly take ecstasy at parties. when she refused to take any, they told her she was a bore.
c. jasons friends drag racing. they recently told him to get keeping around because the police are getting called

Explanation:

To determine which activity is someone using past practice based on negative bias, we analyze each option:

• Option A: The person's friends started drinking heavily, and now the person refuses to drink too much (learning from friends' negative experience, using past practice with negative bias as the friends' heavy drinking is a negative example).
• Option B: Monica's friends' opinion on a game led to her not playing, but it's not clear if the friends' experience was negative or if it's just a preference, not strongly a negative - bias - based past practice.
• Option C: Joanna's friends' behavior (sleeping and not going out) is due to worry about being used, but it's not about using past practice of a negative event to guide current behavior like in Option A.

So Option A is the correct one as it involves using the negative past practice (friends' heavy drinking) to guide current behavior (not drinking too much).

Answer:

A. You had had the same friends since childhood. They all started drinking heavily, but you're to avoid over - drinking too as they don't share your mindset