Question

Some high school friends meet to decide whether they should try marijuana for the first time. Each individual has reservations, but assumes that the others favor the idea, and out of loyalty to the group does not oppose it. The group decides unanimously to try the drug. This is an example of:

Answer 1

Committment in social control theory.

Step-by-step explanation:

Deviant subculture are group of people who decide to go against the law and rule of a place.

Societal control theory talks about how people get committed to a thing because of the society. The boy who could have said no but because of the commitment he had to the group he had to agree. Commitment and attachment is an example of social theory that makes one stay sincere to each other.