What Have Sociologists Learned About Confrontations

question 11

Multiple Choice

What have sociologists learned about confrontations?

• A)Participants carefully fit their threats and gestures into a script of calls and countercalls that all parties understand.
• B)Verbal altercations usually escalate quickly and without warning into physical fights.
• C)Participants in a confrontation are usually only subconsciously hostile.
• D)On a biological level,most people know how to fight.For this reason,fights usually escalate at a uniform pace.

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