peer influence
Friends shaping choices
Peer influence is the effect that people of similar age or status have on each other's behavior, attitudes, and decisions.
The term appears most often in discussions of adolescents, where peer influence shapes everything from fashion choices to risk-taking: Peer influence led him to try smoking.
Though often discussed negatively, peer influence can also encourage positive behavior—studying harder, joining activities, or avoiding trouble.
- followGo behind another
- going alongMoving with others
- social normsShared behavioral expectations
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- conformityAdherence to norms
herd behavior · groupthink · clique mentality · social learning · tease · in crowd · cool kids · role modeling · ethical decision-making · workplace dynamics · consumer behavior · network effects · deindividuation · identity formation · emotional contagion · collective identity · social comparison · keeping up
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
- identityidentity, personal identity, self, selfhood, self-expression
- School Socializationstudent interaction, group dynamics, social learning, cliques, friendship
- social psychologysocial behavior, conformity, attribution, groupthink, social proof
- group dynamicsgroup dynamics, cooperation, norms, conflict, in-group
- group psychologygroup dynamics, social identity, belongingness, collective behavior, social cohesion
peer influenceparental guidance
Advisory for young viewers
parental influence · adult supervision · family influence · religious instruction · media influence
peer influenceself-determination
Control over one's fate
autonomy · intrinsic motivation · individual autonomy · self-reliance · individual conscience