From an Interpersonal Perspective, the Causes of Aggression in Intimate

question 60

Multiple Choice

From an interpersonal perspective, the causes of aggression in intimate relationships:

• A) can be found in the moment-by-moment details of dyadic exchanges.
• B) must be understood in terms of how our society is organized along gender lines.
• C) are unrelated to the broader social and cultural context.
• D) stem from how partners in relationships differ in ways that might lead them to make different contributions to the aggression that occurs between them.

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