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  3. Ten years ago, Joe Allen began studying a diverse group of seventh graders n

Ten years ago, Joe Allen began studying a diverse group of seventh graders n

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问题     Ten years ago, Joe Allen began studying a diverse group of seventh graders near the University of Virginia, where he’s a professor. One of Allen’s main concerns was how these kids dealt with peer pressure, and how deeply they felt the pressure to conform to what the crowd was doing.
    According to every pop theory of adolescence, peer pressure is peril. Being able to resist it should be considered a sign of character strength. But a funny thing happened as Allen continued to follow these kids every year for the next 10 years: the kids who felt more peer pressure when they were 12 or 13 were turning out better.
    Notably, they had much higher-quality relationships with friends, parents, and romantic partners. Their need to fit in, in the early teens, later manifested itself as a willingness to accommodate—a necessary component of all reciprocal relationships. The self-conscious kid who spent seventh grade convinced that everyone was watching her learned to be attuned to subtle changes in others’ moods. Years down the road, that heightened sensitivity lead to empathy and social adeptness. Meanwhile, those kids who did not feel much peer pressure to smoke, drink, and shoplift in seventh grade didn’t turn out to be the independent-minded stars we’d imagine. Instead, what was notable about them was that within five years they had a much lower GPA(Grade-Point Average)—almost a full grade lower. The kid who could say no to his peers turned out to be less engaged, all around, socially and academically. Basically, if he was so detached that he didn’t care what his peers thought, he probably wasn’t motivated by what his parents or society expected of him, either.
    Allen has found that vulnerability(脆弱性)to peers’ influence can be just as much of an asset as it is a liability. Many of the pressures felt by teens pull them in a good direction—they feel pressure to do well in school, pressure to not act childish, and pressure to be athletic. "We think of susceptibility to peer pressure as only a danger, but, really, it’s out of peer pressure that boys learn to take showers and not come to school smelly.
    Allen—co-author of the forthcoming book Escaping the Endless Adolescence—has come to the conclusion that the dangers of peer pressure are somewhat overblown. Particularly when it comes to the archetypal(典型的)portrayal of peer pressure: kids forcing each other to experiment with drugs and alcohol. Allen argues that in those instances, more often than not, it isn’t peer pressure that is at work, but instead the operative factor is peer selection.
    "The pressure to smoke and drink is less than we thought, " concludes Allen. "To a parent, it seems like your child is suddenly smoking and drinking, and it’s reasonable to think this was caused by the new kids he’s been hanging out with the last month. But really, those who are about to smoke or drink pick other kids in a similar spot. " Teens give each other subtle cues that they’re ready to deviate: it could be nothing more than ignoring the Pledge of Allegiance(效忠誓言)or a well-timed snicker while the teacher’s at the blackboard. By the time one says, "Let’s hang out after school, " the plot is already in motion. [br] The pop theories of adolescence always claim that______.
选项 A、peer pressure is not so dangerous as we thought
B、teens usually conform to what the crowd was doing
C、the kids who felt more peer pressure were turning out better
D、teens who are able to resist peer pressure have advantage in character
答案 D
解析 细节题。由第二段前两句“每个流行的青春期理论都认为，同伴压力是危险的。能抵抗它应该被视为性格优势的一个迹象”可知，[D]”能抵抗同伴压力的青少年在性格上具有优势”是流行的青春期理论的观点，故[D]为正确答案。而[A]“同伴压力并非我们想象的那么危险”与文意不符，排除；[B]“青少年通常顺应群体的做法”，文章没有论及，也排除；又根据本段最后一句“但随着Allen对这些孩子长达十年的跟踪调查，有趣的事发生了：在十二三岁时感到更多同伴压力的孩子结果更好些”可知，[C]”感到来自同伴更多压力的孩子结果更好些”是Allen发现的不同于流行的青春期理论的结论，故排除。
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