The Textbook Describes Stright Et Al

question 223

Multiple Choice

The textbook describes Stright et al.'s (2008) 6-year study of over 1000 infants and their mothers. What did Stright et al. find with respect to the influence on child development of temperament on the one hand, and parenting style on the other?

• A)Infant temperament has little lasting influence on child development.
• B)Infant temperament has a larger impact on child development than does parenting style.
• C)Parenting style is especially important in the case of difficult children.
• D)Parenting style is influential only for easy children.

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