Although Adam didn't care for the taste of fried green tomatoes,he began eating them when he saw that his classmates were doing so.His behavior best illustrates the impact of

A) temperament.
B) role confusion.
C) a pruning process.
D) peer influence.

Peer Influence

The influence that the attitudes, values, and behaviors of peers exert on an individual's personal attitudes, values, and behaviors.

Role Confusion

A situation in which an individual lacks clarity about his or her role, often seen in adolescence as part of identity development according to Erikson's stages of psychosocial development.

Temperament

An individual’s innate style of responding to the environment, including their typical mood, activity level, and emotional reactivity, often seen as the precursor to personality.