Kariz Joyce B.

Mercado

BSMA 1-6

“Activity 2”

Answer the following questions briefly. Use the idea of proponents discussed above.

1. How important are peer groups to socialization? In what ways do they influence

individuals throughout the life course?

- Peer groups play an important role in socialization. It is the group of people

who share common interest or features such as, age, gender etc. It helps a

person to easily open up and tell feelings to his/her peers, since they share

common interest, which help to establish a relationship with each other.

Peer groups serve significant lessons, they may learn to develop social

skills such as, leadership, sharing, and empathy. Also, It influences how a

child dresses, behave, think, and many more.

2. Have you ever observed someone experiencing a self-fulfilling prophecy?

Explain. If you have not personally observed this, use an example from the

media, books, movies, or TV.

- A friend of mine said to me that it is possible for her to fail her exam on a

particular subject for the upcoming midterms. She said, the subject is too hard
 for her and no matter how hard she studies, she’ll fail. Midterms examination

came and she was not wrong of saying that she’ll fail the exam, because she

did fail. This was a self-fulfilling prophecy of her that have negative result.

3. Have you ever experienced role strain or role conflict? Describe the different

roles and how they were strained or conflicted. How did you resolve this?

- My role as a student, I’m an honor student ever since I started school. My

parents and people around me have high expectations from me, but now, I’m

currently a college student in a well-known university, which gave them a

higher expectation from me. I’m struggling with my studies right now because

of the stress I experience from the professors, lessons, workloads, peer

pressure, and personal problems. I feel very pressured and I think I won’t be

able to meet their expectation because I failed two of my exams and risking

two major subjects in failing. I’m having a hard time of coping up with my

studies.