The lack of cross-gender interaction in the middle childhood years means that __________

a) girls and boys may not learn to like each other and may have difficulty making cross-gender friendships
b) boys' and girls' friendships are restricted to members of their own sex
c) girls and boys do not have enough time or opportunity to learn about each other's differences and/or similarities
d) it is more difficult for boys and girls to build social competence


Answer: b

Psychology

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Children in the concrete operations stage are limited by their inability to apply__________

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What will be an ideal response?

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