I first became interested in personal interactions in high school. As the group psychologist for my circle of friends, I was exposed to many different type of people and how those people dealt with situations. Also, I was fascinated by why some people(like myself) feel compelled to do nice things for other people like picking up a dropped pencil to bringing an ill person hot soup. I noticed that the same guys were always asking me the same questions. Usually the questions revolved around girls, such as how to get them, what to do once you got them, and how to keep them. It mesmerized me that these guys were completely uninformed about women while many of my other friends were having no trouble in the same a

The independent variable in my study is whether or not the subject participates in coed or single gender extracurricular activities. This variable would be operationalized by

I then propose the following correlational study to test my hypothesis. The population of interest is male and female adolescents, age 12 to 17. The selection process of the subjects would be to pick several single gender groups in a specific area, such as Private schools and Boy Scouts Troops. Next would be to select some coed groups in the same area such as bible study groups and school clubs like biology club and drama club.

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Gender Coed, Scouts Troops, Cochran Bo, Inge Bo, antisocial behavior, single gender, prosocial behavior, antisocial behavior antisocial, extracurricular activities, opposite sex, behavior antisocial, guys questions,
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