The following questions will help you think more deeply about course material and access the most up-to-date information available. Use the links after the questions to find resources that help answer the questions, or use the PowerSearch engine at the book's Online Learning Center or another Internet search engine to locate other online resources.

1			Media portrayals of adolescents' peer interactions often involve negative instances of peer pressure, including drinking and smoking, delinquency, and drug use. What would you and your friends say to a reporter from the campus newspaper to illustrate the positive side of peer pressure and influence? http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/peerpressure/a/peer_pressure.htm http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/friend/peer_pressure.html
2			Having stressed the importance of adolescence as a period of transition from childhood to adulthood forms of behavior, your adolescent psychology instructor assigns as a paper topic the emergence of romantic relationships. How would you describe adolescence as a transition from immature to adulthood forms of romantic relationships? http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/ndarling/adolesce.htm http://topics-az.parenthood.com/articles.html?article_id=4632
3			Adolescent groups provide a number of functions in adolescent development. How do cliques and crowds influence adolescent identity development? http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/ndarling/adolesce.htm http://www.enotes.com/americas-youth/