In both Asian and Western nations,
a) boys and girls feel equally competent at math, science, and language arts.
b) boys tend to feel more competent than girls at math, science, and athletics, and girls feel more competent than boys at language arts although boys outperform girls at math and science, they feel less competent about their performance in these subjects.
c) although girls outperform boys at language arts, they feel less competent about their performance in these subjects.

Einar sees alexandra every day across the room in his history class but has never talked with her. einar likes the way alexandra looks, including the way she dresses and how she wears her hair. he's even more attracted to her apparent intelligence and the way she handles herself in class discussions and during interactions with the instructor. he'd like to know more about her, so he asks one of his friends about her. einar, using a passive strategy to gain information about her, is probably in the preinteraction awareness stage of any relationship that might develop between them. t/f