Personal & Social Development·Responsible Decision-Making·conceptual
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
Suggested ages 9–11
Learning journey
Your child is learning to navigate peer pressure and understand their rights and responsibilities in communities, while developing skills to think through ethical dilemmas from multiple perspectives.
Evidence of understanding
- 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
Assessment prompt
If Peer Pressure and Resisting It'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?
Standards alignment
PSPE-ID-CU-P4-4International · ib-pyp-pspe
PSPE-ID-CU-P4-4
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence