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Peer conformity refers to the tendency of an individual to go along with the wishes of his/her peers or to yield to peer-gr

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Peer consulting means collaboration with co-workers or co-practitioners, in this context generally students and teachers, for the purposes of dealing with common problems or issues, arriving at consensus, or assessment of performance. Please see also Career consulting, Collaborative learning, faculty association and collaboration, institutional environment, mentoring, peer coaching, peer review, teaching practices

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Peer counselor refers to a non-professional person who has learned basic counseling skills.

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Peer group refers to a confederation of peers that interact regularly, defines a sense of membership, and formulates norms that specify how members are supposed to look, think, act.

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Peer Group Pressure means suppressing doubt and resistance to new ideas by exploiting the need to belong.

Peer play refers to interactions with one's peers, which provide opportunities for physical, cognitive, social, and emotio

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Peer pressure refer to expectations to conform and commit to the norms of one's peer group.

Peer review refers to the evaluation by practicing physicians or other professionals of the efficiency and effectiveness of services performed or ordered by other members of the profession (peers). Peer review, moreover is the assessment and critical review of performance by colleagues, often applied to academic research and professorial activities in genera