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IELTS Essay: Young people are often influenced in their behaviours and situations by other...

Prompt

Young people are often influenced in their behaviours and situations by others in the same age. This is called 'peer pressure'. Do the disadvantages outweigh the advantages?

#peer pressure#adolescence#social influence#identity formation#behavioral development

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 acknowledges both negative and positive peer pressure but leans toward one view, while Band 9 argues that peer influence is developmentally necessary and that the question should be about mitigating harms rather than eliminating influence.

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Key concepts in this essay

social conformity and identity formation
risk-taking and vulnerability
positive peer models and motivation
developmental psychology
resilience and critical thinking

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Treating peer pressure as uniformly negative without discussing prosocial peer influence (e.g., academic motivation)
Failing to distinguish between risk behaviors and normal identity exploration
Not considering developmental appropriateness of peer influence at different ages

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