Some scholars have argued that it is difficult (if not impossible)to distinguish between reactive and proactive aggression because ____.
A)they both result in bullying and antisocial behavior
B)they are highly correlated and motives are often mixed
C)their motives are identical
D)they are not clearly defined

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Reactive aggression is an angry, defensive response to a threat or frustration, while proactive aggression is a deliberate action aimed at achieving a specific goal. The difficulty in distinguishing between the two lies in their high correlation and the complexity of human motives, which can be mixed, making it challenging to clearly attribute an aggressive act to one category or the other.

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