Part one of term paper
A healthy part of children’s development is involvement with their peers. This is especially true during adolescence as teenagers develop a sense of independence from their parents. Members of a peer group often dress alike, talk about similar things, like the same music, laugh at the same jokes, and share secrets. Most of the time, when ...

Part two of term paper
... their peers think, and they really are working very hard to gain acceptance and status within the peer group.” Another theory says that it simply feels good to be accepted by a group, and that acceptance satisfies a need to belong, and one theory points out that life becomes easier when we act like others, or conform, rather than be different from others. Still another theory says people tend to view themselves as they think others see them, so they change to conform to others expectations. (Ko ...