All of the following statements can be seen as logically implied by the arguments of the passage EXCEPT: &nbsp;

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Question :

All of the following statements can be seen as logically implied by the arguments of the passage EXCEPT:

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A.
Freud’s theory of aggression proposes that aggression results from the suppression of aggressive urges.
B.
the Freudian theory of suicide as self-inflicted aggression implies that an aggressive act need not be sought to be avoided in order for it to be considered aggression.
C.
a common theory of aggression is that it is the result of an abnormally low neural regulation of testosterone.
D.

if the alleged aggressive act is not sought to be avoided, it cannot really be considered aggression.

Option C is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

The passage states that an abnormally low neural regulation of aggressive impulses (not testosterone) in humans accounts for hostile behaviours.

Other statements are implied from the line "Sigmund Freud (1930) proposed that all individuals are born with a death instinct that predisposes us to a variety of aggressive behaviors, including suicide (self directed aggression)..."