Juan and Tracey, in the Opening Vignette, Are an Example

question 59

Multiple Choice

Juan and Tracey, in the opening vignette, are an example of:

• A)a same-sex couple raising children.
• B)parents who adopted two children after experiencing infertility.
• C)divorced parents who share custody of their child.
• D)parents who are raising eleven children.
• E)a couple who are childfree by choice.

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Definitions:

Reciprocal Determinism

The interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition, and environment.

Multidirectional Influences

The concept that development is shaped by bidirectional interactions among various factors, including biological, psychological, and socio-cultural forces.

Social-Cognitive Perspective

Views behavior as influenced by the interaction between people’s traits (including their thinking) and their social context.

Interactive Influences

The complex ways in which factors or variables interact with and influence each other.