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How Peer Pressure Really Works & Is Shyness Normal?

Something You Should Know

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Peer Pressure at Work

The term pier pressure really isn't accurate. It's not trying to force someone to do something. Being around people who eat more, then you're likely to eat more and gain weight. There have been studies of a drinking among students. At one college, they have evidence on whether the roommates with whom they were paired were drinking significant amounts of alcohol in high school. The students who were paired with such roommates had dramatically lower grade point averages in their second year in school.

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