What Is the 'Tension' Relating to Values Highlighted by Aronson

question 8

Multiple Choice

What is the 'tension' relating to values highlighted by Aronson (1960) ?

• A)Humans are social animals living in a state of tension between values associated with their individuality and values associates with social conformance.
• B)Humans are social animals that control tension because they create values to establish norms of how to get along as individuals and as a society.
• C)Humans are social animals that use values as the building blocks of their culture,and so use culture to control tension.
• D)all of these

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