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ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

Situation 1

This is the same situation. Reread it if you need to refresh your memory before answering the question below. Letisha has a sister who is in the grade ahead of her. Letisha likes it when her sister lets her hang out with her and her friends because at their school it's considered pretty cool to be seen with kids older than you. One afternoon Letisha is at home with the older girls. There are no adults around. The older girls let Letisha hang out with them. The next thing she knows, they are all vaping. One of the girls holds a vape in front of Letisha and offers her to try it. Letisha shakes her head "no," but the girl is insistent. The other girls, including Letisha's sister, join in encouraging her to try it.

What might Letisha be feeling?