What Is the Biggest Confound in a Typical Parenting Study

question 81

Multiple Choice

What is the biggest confound in a typical parenting study that examines the correlation between parenting practices and the behaviors of offspring?

• A) Most studies use adoption designs so there is no genetic link between parents and children.
• B) It is difficult to measure parenting behavior with much reliability.
• C) In most studies of parenting, parents and kids share genetic material.
• D) Shared environmental factors were substantially larger than nonshared factors.

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