English Literature GCSE
Group identity and peer pressure
What Group identity and peer pressure means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Group identity and peer pressure
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Fear, group pressure and self-interest distort individual morality within a leaderless teenage group, linked to social anxieties about youth alienation.
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