Research on Teen Smoking and Other Deviant Behaviors Has Found

Multiple Choice

Research on teen smoking and other deviant behaviors has found that the most important factor in statistically predicting if a teen will take up a particular deviant behavior is the presence or absence of peers who also engage in that behavior. This is probably because the other teens are acting:

A) in ways that are closely connected to the family.
B) in cooperation with schools and the media.
C) as the most powerful long-term force in their friends' lives.
D) as agents of socialization.
E) in loco parentis.