Ethologist Konrad Lorenz, evolutionary theorists, and sociobiologists all agree that aggression represents __________.

A. a primitive fighting instinct shared across the animal kingdom
B. a learned behavior
C. the product of psychological dysfunction
D. a distinctly human approach to conflict resolution


Answer: A

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