A Mother Who Is Searching for an Explanation for the Increased

question 362

Multiple Choice

A mother who is searching for an explanation for the increased aggression in her six-year-old child would be advised by social learning theorists that such aggression is

• A)a part of human nature and therefore inevitable.
• B)a well-known developmental stage according to psychosocial theory.
• C)probably an imitation of a model to which her child has been exposed.
• D)part of a general syndrome of pathological behavior that may have a biological cause.

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