1. Peer Pressure

2. Bellringer:
Who influences the
decisions you
make?

3. Positive influences can encourage you to improve yourself or to do good.
Negative influences can pressure you to do something that is unhealthy or dangerous.
Peer pressure is a feeling that you should do something because that is what your friends want.
Is Peer Pressure always bad?

4. Direct Pressure vs Indirect Pressure
Direct pressure is the result of someone trying to convince you to do something you normally wouldn’t do.
Indirect pressure results from being swayed to do something because people you look up to are doing it.
Can you give an
example of each?

5. Examples of Direct and
Indirect Pressure

6. Coping with
Pressure
Internal Pressure is an impulse a person feels to engage
in a behavior.
External Pressure is a pressure a person feels from another person or from a group to engage in a behavior.