Based on Social Learning Theory, What Is One Reason Why

question 189

Multiple Choice

Based on social learning theory, what is one reason why parents who were abused as children are more likely to abuse their own children in turn?

• A) Aggression is inherited.
• B) They are usually uneducated.
• C) They learned that violence is acceptable.
• D) They are pressured by the grandparents to use an iron fist.

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