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Intra- sexual homicide (young men kill young men more than females kill females) would offer support for:

Correct answer: B. adaptively basis of aggression

  • A. biological basis of aggression
  • B. adaptively basis of aggression
  • C. homicidal protest
  • D. media causes violence hypothesis

Explanation

Greater same-sex aggression among young men is consistent with an adaptive or evolutionary account, in which competition between males may have influenced aggressive behaviour. It does not specifically demonstrate that media exposure causes violence.

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