Peer groups help identity formation by letting adolescents:
Aexperiment with roles
Bsettle a fixed career
Cfollow family rules only
Dseek adult approval
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. experiment with roles
1. Identity formation is acquiring a sense of self.
2. Peers provide a staging ground for practising social behaviours.
3. This allows individuals to experiment with roles and discover their identities.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Peer group" (rev 1378619310), section "Identity formation"_
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