According to the Textbook, How Is Puberty Connected to Achievement

question 41

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, how is puberty connected to achievement?

• A) To the extent that puberty changes what's important for maintaining status in the peer group, it may lead adolescents to worry about whether trying too hard to do well will make them less attractive to their classmates.
• B) Puberty intensifies differences between males and females, and one impact of this is to make individuals think about what is "appropriate" achievement-related behavior for each of the sexes.
• C) Biological (hormonal) changes of puberty are directly related to achievement and motivation in high school.
• D) Puberty has impacts on how adolescents maintain status in the peer group AND on how think they about what is "appropriate" achievement-related behavior for each of the sexes.

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