Parents Who Frequently Beat Their Children Tend to Have Aggressive

question 219

Multiple Choice

Parents who frequently beat their children tend to have aggressive children. What, if anything, can we conclude?

• A) Physical punishment causes aggression.
• B) Aggressive children cause parents to use physical punishment.
• C) The children probably inherited a gene for aggressiveness.
• D) We can draw none of these conclusions.

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