How Do Troubles and Issues Differ

question 122

Multiple Choice

How do troubles and issues differ?

• A) Troubles can be worsened by societal forces; issues are independent of societal forces.
• B) Troubles are privately felt problems that spring from events or feelings in a person's life; issues affect large numbers of people and have their origins in the institutional arrangements and history of a society.
• C) Troubles affect large numbers of people and have their origins in the institutional arrangements and history of a society; issues are privately felt problems that spring from events or feelings in a person's life.
• D) Troubles are independent of societal forces; issues can be worsened by societal forces.

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