The Association Between Authoritative Parenting and the Social Competence of Children

question 65

Multiple Choice

The association between authoritative parenting and the social competence of children might result from an underlying third factor such as shared genes. This best reminds us that

• A) socially mature children evoke parental trust.
• B) imprinting occurs during a restricted critical period.
• C) we overestimate that value of our moral intuitions.
• D) correlation is not causation.

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