Question

select the correct answer.

identify the type of peer pressure used here:

\my friends hang out after school and drink. they told me that i better start drinking too if i want to hang out with them at school and after.\

put down
reasoning
rejection
unspoken pressure

Explanation:

Analyze the scenario

Using the Peer Pressure Tactics and Social Pressure knowledge points:
The scenario describes a situation where a group of friends threatens to exclude someone ("better start drinking too if I want to hang out with them") if they do not conform to the group's behavior. This threat of social exclusion or ending a friendship is a classic example of rejection as a peer pressure tactic.

Evaluate the options

• put down: Involves insulting or calling someone names to make them conform. This is not present in the text.
• reasoning: Involves giving logical-sounding arguments or explanations to convince someone. The scenario uses a threat rather than logical persuasion.
• rejection: Involves threatening to leave someone out or end a friendship if they do not conform. This matches the scenario perfectly.
• unspoken pressure: Involves non-verbal cues or simply seeing others behave a certain way. Here, the pressure is explicitly spoken ("They told me...").

Answer:

• put down
• reasoning
• rejection (Correct answer)
• unspoken pressure