Josh Is a Difficult Baby Who Cries and Is Hard

question 696

Multiple Choice

Josh is a difficult baby who cries and is hard to console, which makes his parents unhappy and elicits negative parenting.This, in turn, causes Josh to cry more frequently.This illustrates

• A) reciprocal influences.
• B) emotional assimilation.
• C) a parental behavior that would occur even if Josh had an easy temperament.
• D) all of these.

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