Question

which factor can potentially increase a teenagers alcohol use?
○ inability to sleep
○ desire to please parents
○ wish for peer approval
○ hope to be more dependent

Explanation:

To determine the factor increasing teen alcohol use, analyze each option:

• "inability to sleep": Insomnia doesn’t directly link to alcohol use (no established causal link for teens here).
• "desire to please parents": Teens pleasing parents typically involves conforming to rules, not using alcohol.
• "wish for peer approval": Peer pressure/desire for acceptance often leads teens to engage in risky behaviors like alcohol use to fit in.
• "hope to be more dependent": Wanting dependence is illogical (alcohol use leads to dependence, not a goal to seek it).

Thus, peer approval desire is the most plausible factor.

Answer:

C. wish for peer approval