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211. Children who enjoy positive relationships with friends a. are more involved with school. b. tend to feel good about themselves. c. experience less stress from life transitions. d. are characterized by all of these. 212. In general, friends become more important to children around  a. four to six years of age. b. seven to nine years of age. c. 10 to 13 years of age. d. .14 to 16 years of age. 213. According to a study by Buhrmester and Furman, which of the following is FALSE regarding the importance of friends at different ages? a. Second graders said they received as much companionship from parents as they did from same-sex friends. b. Fifth graders rated parents higher on companionship than friends. c. Eighth grade boys were just as intimate with friends as they are with their parents. d. Eighth grade girls were more intimate with their parents than their friends. 214. When asked to talk about what makes someone a friend, adolescents are more likely than younger children to mention a. self-disclosure. b. qualities that promote intimacy. c. providing emotional support. d. all of these. 215. Intimate disclosure to parents a. decreases starting in fifth grade. b. is low throughout adolescence. c. rebounds when the children reach college age. d. is characterized by all of these. 216. __________ are more motivated to maintain friendships; ___________ are more likely to think that self-disclosure and emotional support are important characteristics for friends to have.  a. Boys; boys b. Girls; girls c. Boys; girls d. Girls; boys 217. When boys form romantic attachments with girls, which of the following is usually NOT a way they typically interact with the girls?   a.  by teasing and engaging in harmless rough-and-tumble play b. in much the same way as they interact with their male friends c. through increased self-disclosure and emotional support d. by just spending time with them 218. Which of the following is FALSE regarding friendship patterns?   a. Children who live in small communities do not tend to separate into different groups the way teens in larger communities do. b. Children who are encouraged to socialize with extended family members tend to have larger, and more intense friendship networks. c. Teenagers often have different groups of friend for different activities, and they keep these groups separate. d. Rejected adolescents tend to stay rejected even after they transition to a new school. 219. Which of the following is FALSE regarding friendship patterns?   a. About 90 percent of all teen peer groups do not survive for an entire academic year. b. It is not uncommon for girls with many friends one year to have fewer the next, and vice versa. c. Children tend to explore romantic relations at younger ages when their peer group contains a mix of boys and girls. d. Best friends act differently among themselves than when they are with a group. 220. __________ are tight-knit groups whose members socialize with one another both in and out of school with the average number of members being five. a. Liaisons b. Crowds c. Cliques d. Gangs