Shortly After Learning That He Did Not Make It onto His

question 292

Multiple Choice

Shortly after learning that he did not make it onto his high school football team,Alex vandalized the team's locker room and broke several of the school's windows.His behavior is best explained in terms of

• A)social scripts.
• B)the self-fulfilling prophecy.
• C)ingroup bias.
• D)the frustration-aggression principle.

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