 They become more and more reliant on verbal forms of communication, and more likely to form groups and become aware of their own role within the group.By puberty, general relations among same and opposite sex individuals are much more salient, and individuals begin to behave according to the norms of these situations.With increasing awareness of their sex and stereotypes that go along with it, the individual begins to choose how much they align with these stereotypes, and behaves either according to those stereotypes or not.