Why is the social constructionist perspective important when we consider the topic of gender and aggression?
a. All cultures share quite similar views on the criteria for aggressive behavior.
b. North Americans tend to see aggression in terms of physical violence, rather than verbal violence.
c. When a woman experiences violence in a relationship, North Americans tend to think about damage to her self-esteem, rather than physical damage that requires medical care.
d. We tend to construct better excuses for people's physical aggression than for their relational aggression.
B
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a. thinking. b. dreaming. c. quiet reading. d. making yourself a sandwich. e. secretion of insulin by the pancreas.
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A. psychoanalytics. B. structuralism. C. the eclectic approach. D. introspection.
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a. gene expression b. selective breeding c. environment d. epigenesis