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deviancy training

A process in which children reinforce or escalate each other’s disruptive or risky behavior.

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How peer influence affects children

How peer influence affects children

What peer influence means in childhood Peer influence is the process by which children are shaped by what other children think, say, and do. It includes direct pressure, but it also includes subtler forces such as imitation, social comparison, and the desire to fit in. A child may copy a classmate’s joke, dress style, opinion, […]