Answer:
The researchers found that <em>adolescents are more likely to take risks and exhibit risky decision making in a driving task when in the presence of peers than when alone compared to their adult counterparts.</em>
Explanation:
This was determined by Gardner and Steinberg (2005) during a study of adults and adolescents risk taking in a driving task.It was found that social influence is a factor which also determines risk taking especially in adolescents. The study gave credence to the notion that peer influence plays a role in adolescents risky behavior and the impulse to take risks.
The correct choices in the questions above is the third choice, where it meets a social need and improve the economy. It is because when they spend money in education, it reaches and meets the social need of the persons who are not capable of studying because of their lacking and it also improves economy because when students graduate, they could enter jobs where they could help rise and improve the economy in the country.
