These teenagers are also likely to be more popular than those less easily influenced. The study from Germany, used gambling games to show that teenage boys picked riskier action if they saw their friends did, compared to when alone. Scroll down for videoResearchers have shown that teenage boys are strongly influenced by the risk taking actions of their male peers when deciding their own behaviour. This suggests that it is more complicated than just a matter of teenagers being more easily influenced. The researchers have suggested that the change in decision making towards higher risk is an evolutionary trait and gave teenagers who did so more popularity.

Source: Daily Mail February 05, 2019 16:52 UTC