Think about which type of peer pressure the statements fall into. Label each type as put down, reasoning, rejection, or munspoken pressure
Then add your own ideas about how each statement might influence a person's behavior concerning substance abuse.
How it might influence a person's behavior
Type of Peer Pressure
reasoning/unspoken peer pressure
rejection
Statement
I'm shy. Drinking at parties helps me
open up to people.
I started using marijuana because all
my friends do. If I don't, they will call
me a wimp.
I have promised my parents that I won't
smoke, but my friend convinced me
that what they don't know won't hurt
them.
Alcohol makes me spontaneous and
funny, which makes people like me.
My friends used to hang out after
school and drink. They told me that if I
wasn't drinking I couldn't join them.
All the "cool" kids in school smoke.
My friend said, "Crack is not addictive,
and we can quit anytime we wanti"
I don't want to be the only one not
drinking at a party
reasoning/unspoken peer pressure
I can't dance unless I'm drunk

A35-year-old woman comes to the ed complaining of chest pressure. she has had such episodes intermittently over the last 5 years, usually when sleeping, but over the last year she has had more frequent severe symptoms that are occasionally associated with severe migraine headaches. the pain is midsternal and is described as pressure that extends as a band around her chest. the ed physician is initially dubious that the pain is cardiac in origin, because the woman has no coronary disease risk factors. an ecg, however, shows 2mm st-segment elevation and inverted t waves in leads v1 through v5 and 1mm st-segment depression in leads ii, iii, and avf. before the cardiologist arrives in the ed, the patient's ecg has returned to normal. this repeat normal ecg is obtained after the administration of aspirin, nitroglycerin, morphine, and oxygen. which of the following is most likely for these findings? - diffuse intimal thickening with focal areas of atherosclerotic narrowing - intermittent thrombus formation and lysis in the left anterior descending artery - intermittent thrombus formation and lysis in the right coronary artery - plaque rupture and thrombus formation in the left anterior descending artery - transiently increased coronary vascular tone in the right coronary artery