Number of Best Friends Declines from About __________ in Early

question 89

Multiple Choice

Number of best friends declines from about __________ in early adolescence to __________ in adulthood.

• A) six to eight; four or five
• B) six to eight; two or three
• C) four to six; one or two
• D) three or four; one

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Definitions:

Somatic Sex

Refers to the biological aspects of an individual based on the morphology of the reproductive and sexual organs.

Gonadal Sex

Biological sex determination based on the presence of ovaries or testes, and the associated hormone profiles and reproductive structures.

Genetic Sex

The sex of an individual determined by the chromosomes they possess, typically XX for females and XY for males.

Gender

The range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity, often based on social and cultural differences rather than biological ones.