How do troubles and issues differ?
A. Troubles can be worsened by societal forces; issues are independent of societal forces.
B. Troubles are privately felt problems that spring from events or feelings in a person’s life; issues affect large numbers of people and have their origins in the institutional arrangements and history of a society.
C. Troubles affect large numbers of people and have their origins in the institutional arrangements and history of a society; issues are privately felt problems that spring from events or feelings in a person’s life.
D. Troubles are independent of societal forces; issues can be worsened by societal forces.
Answer: B
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