Personal & social development // Responsible Decision-Making
Peer Pressure and Resisting It
Understand peer pressure — the influence friends and peers can have on your choices and behaviour — and develop strategies for resisting pressure to do something they know is wrong or that makes them uncomfortable
Quick check
If the learner's friends dare them to do something risky or unkind — like shoplifting a sweet or posting an embarrassing photo of someone — can they resist the pressure and explain why they won't do it?
Ask this to see whether the topic is secure.
Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Define peer pressure in their own words and give a real-world example
- Describe at least two strategies for resisting peer pressure, such as walking away or using humour
- Explain why going along with something wrong to fit in usually makes things worse
Topic // Map
Where this fits
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
Before this
4 topics- Stop, Think, Then ChooseRequired
Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 7 to 9
Resisting peer pressure builds on decision-making process
- Bystanders and UpstandersRequired
Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 7 to 9
Peer pressure resistance builds on bystander/upstander awareness
Responsible Decision-Making // Ages 7 to 11
Peer pressure as a concept requires knowing the term 'peer pressure' and vocabulary of 'rights' and 'responsibility'
- Assertive CommunicationHelpful
Friendship & Cooperation // Ages 9 to 11
Resisting peer pressure benefits from assertive communication skills
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Peer Pressure and Resisting It
Ages 9 to 11 // Concept
Leads to
1 topicResponsible Decision-Making // Ages 13 to 14
Advanced responsible decision-making depends on earlier decision-making skills
Topic // Standards
Curriculum standards
- IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
- PSPE-ID-CU-P4-4
Personal & social development // Responsible Decision-Making
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