You Are Observing Children on an Elementary School Playground

question 50

Multiple Choice

You are observing children on an elementary school playground. Why might you find some girls playing sports with boys, but almost no boys playing jump rope with girls?

• A) Children are mocked by their peers for crossing gender lines, and boys are mocked more than girls.
• B) Boys develop more slowly than girls and, therefore, they tend to not be good at jumping rope when they're in elementary school.
• C) Boys are more naturally suited for the physical competition of sports, whereas girls excel at the sort of cooperation that goes into activities like jumping rope.
• D) Parents have instructed their children to avoid any cross-gender playground activities because they fear that it will lead to their children being labeled "abnormal."

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Definitions:

Poles

In electrical engineering, the term refers to the individual magnetic or electrical points that create fields within devices such as motors, or represent the terminals of a battery or generator.

Universal Motor

An electric motor that can operate on both AC and DC power sources, often found in portable power tools and appliances.

Neutral Plane

The point at which there is no voltage induced in the armature of a motor or generator.

Voltmeter

An instrument used for measuring the potential difference, in volts, between two points in an electric circuit.