What Have Sociologists Learned About Confrontations

Multiple Choice

What have sociologists learned about confrontations?

A) Participants carefully fit their threats and gestures into a script of calls and countercalls that all parties understand.
B) Verbal altercations usually escalate quickly and without warning into physical fights.
C) Participants in a confrontation are usually only subconsciously hostile.
D) On a biological level,most people know how to fight.For this reason,fights usually escalate at a uniform pace.