Preschool Children Prefer to Play with Same-Gender Peers

question 123

Multiple Choice

Preschool children prefer to play with same-gender peers

• A) only when they have been discouraged from playing with opposite-gender peers.
• B) but will readily comply when parents encourage them to play with opposite-sex peers.
• C) spontaneously, without adult pressure.
• D) except when they are engaged in gender-neutral activities such as playing tag.

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