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GCSE Psychology · key term
Choosing friends who already share one's attitudes or behaviour, rather than becoming similar because of their influence.
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Paper 2
Revise: Theories of AddictionPeer selection offers an alternative explanation: people who already smoke may choose friends who smoke. Similar behaviour within a friendship group could therefore reflect the choice of friends rather than influence from those friends.
Develop evaluation points: explain why an association cannot establish causation, or how peer selection provides an alternative explanation.
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