Social Interactions Between 11- and 12-Year-Old Boys and Girls May

question 37

Multiple Choice

Social interactions between 11- and 12-year-old boys and girls may be awkward because

• A) ​girls tend to do much better than boys in school at this age, and this becomes a source of endless teasing and torment.
• B) ​girls form cliques and boys form crowds, and thus they really have nothing to talk about
• C) ​they are not yet at the age where they have anything in common, and thus there is no real value in these social interactions.
• D) ​the girls may be taller and look more mature than the boys, since their pubertal growth spurt begins earlier.

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