Question

what role does impulse control play when faced with peer pressure to act impulsively?
it helps you avoid making any decisions.
it encourages you to follow peer pressure.
it allows you to pause and resist immediate desires.
it makes you disregard long - term goals.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• "It helps you avoid making any decisions" is incorrect as impulse control is about making reasoned decisions, not avoiding them.
• "It encourages you to follow peer pressure" is wrong because impulse control resists peer pressure - driven impulsive acts.
• "It allows you to pause and resist immediate desires" is correct. Impulse control involves pausing to think and resisting the urge to act impulsively, especially under peer pressure.
• "It makes you disregard long - term goals" is incorrect as impulse control helps in considering long - term goals over immediate impulses.

Answer:

C. It allows you to pause and resist immediate desires.