Farley was minding his own business when his neighbor, Brutus, started screaming at him over the fence. “FARLEY! The next time your dog tears up my pansies, I swear I’m going to take a baseball bat and come over there and bash you over the head with
it!!” Farley replied meekly, “But . . . I don’t even own a dog.” What kind of behavior was Brutus demonstrating?
A) Indirect aggression
B) Physical aggression
C) Verbal aggression
D) Relational aggression
B) Physical aggression
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