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Several Middle-School Girls Watch Their Classmates, Jon and Jason, Engage

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Several middle-school girls watch their classmates, Jon and Jason, engage in a rough-and-tumble wrestling match. The attention of the girls seems to intensify the boys' play. A psychologist trained in the functionalist school would wonder:


A) What are the most basic elements of the boys' behavior?
B) Do these boys have smaller head bumps devoted to "cautiousness" than most boys?
C) What is the purpose of rough-and-tumble play in the adaptive changes of early adolescence?
D) Did these boys experience childhood traumas that unconsciously cause aggression?

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