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Peer Pressure Math: Norms vs Reality
Teach normative misperception and personalized normative feedback (PNF) — compare perceived peer gambling to actual prevalence, with honest evidence limits for under-18s.
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Overview
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Teens consistently overestimate how many of their peers gamble, and by how much. That gap between perceived and actual norms is one of the strongest predictors of a young person's own behavior.
This lesson gives you the research-backed move: surface the real numbers so the imagined crowd shrinks.
Outcomes
- Run the estimate-then-reveal sequence for peer betting prevalence.
- Explain how perceived norms drive behavior through overestimation.
- Apply PNF without overclaiming behavior change for teens.
- Pair corrected norms with refusal skills in the next lesson.
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