According to Crick and Dodge's information-processing model of aggressive children's thinking,
A) aggressive and nonaggressive children do not differ in their processing of social information.
B) aggressive children are less likely to attend to information that signals non-hostile motives.
C) aggressive and nonaggressive children both know the appropriate responses, but aggressive children choose to act aggressively.
D) aggressive children are more skilled at interpreting others' behavior.

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According to Crick and Dodge's information-processing model of aggressive children's thinking, aggressive children are less likely to attend to information that signals non-hostile motives. This means that they are less likely to pick up on cues that indicate the other person is not trying to harm them, and thus may be more likely to interpret neutral or ambiguous behavior as hostile and respond aggressively.

According to Crick and Dodge's Information-Processing Model of Aggressive Children's