Friendships are likely to be more intimate, loyal, and supportive in adolescence than in middle childhood, probably because teenagers

A. spend so much time talking with each other on the telephone.
B. are better able to express their feelings and share them with friends.
C. are more egocentric and therefore better able to understand their friends' feelings and point of view.
D. find in their friends the intimacy they lack at home.


Answer: B

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