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• Do you identify yourself (i.e. do you associate respect) with your clothes?

• Are clothes the most important part of you?
• Do you look at yourself based on others perception of you?

D.1.1 Asymmetric Situation

In Scenerio 1, consider that you are wearing expensive/stylish clothes and others are wearing plain clothes.

Would you act differently in this case.

Cultural issue

In Scenerio 1, consider, instead of plain clothes vs. expensive clothes, the situation is between kurta-

pyjama vs. coat-pant, or sari vs. slacks-jeans. What would be your action?

D.1.2 Valuable/costly gadgets

Scenario 2

Your friends are using valuable/costly gadgets like mobile, laptop etc. which your family cannot afford for

you.

Issues/Questions:

Do you feel Internal Pressure that they are different class of people than you? Do

you feel hesitation in making friendship and behave normally with them?

D.1.3 Latest Model Gadgets

In Scenerio 2, if the issue is of latest model having attractive outward look, what would your feeling be?

A Note of Caution to Mentors:

After attending so many HV classes, it is likely that the students (feeling the pulse of the subject) would
smartly respond to the above questions in idealist / right way to show that they are above these petty
issues. In that case, you may provoke them to think whether they would do it in a Real Situation. You may
bring it closer to their Life Situation. Would they wear it in their Class Tomorrow?

D.2 Clarifying the Meaning of Peer Pressure

D.2.1 Peer Pressure - Some Basics

Peer: A ‘peer’ is someone in your own age group.

Peer group: Persons of equal rank / quality/ worth.

Pressure: Pressure is the Feeling that you are being pushed towards making a certain choice - good or
bad.

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