A social psychologist explains that men are more likely to be aggressive than women because the norms of society are that men should be the "aggressive" sex.This view is most closely associated with the
A) sociocultural perspective.
B) evolutionary perspective.
C) social cognitive perspective.
D) social learning perspective.

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The statement suggests that societal norms play a key role in shaping gender differences in aggression, which is a main tenet of the sociocultural perspective. The other perspectives (evolutionary, social cognitive, and social learning) focus on different factors that can contribute to aggression, but do not emphasize the role of social norms in the same way as the sociocultural perspective.

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