What are the direct and indirect effects of subsystems on each other in a family, as stated by Jay Belsky?

What will be an ideal response?


Jay Belsky emphasizes that marital relations, parenting, and infant behavior and development can have direct and indirect effects on each other. An example of a direct effect is the influence of the parents' behavior on the child. An indirect effect is how the relationship between the spouses mediates the way a parent acts toward the child. For example, marital conflict might reduce the efficiency of parenting, in which case marital conflict would indirectly affect the child's behavior.

Psychology

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a. archetypes. b. metacomponents. c. stimuli. d. precipitants.

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In Vygotsky's theory, when there is NO zone of proximal development for a particular activity, it implies that

a. the child suffers severe confusion. b. instructional tutoring is essential. c. independent discovery learning is effective. d. the child is not sufficiently mature to learn it.

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The vast majority of cases of mental retardation are due to

A. prenatal influences B. postnatal influences C. unknown causes D. head trauma

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Whereas adults typically spend about 20% of their time in REM sleep, what percentage of their sleep time do neonates spend in REM sleep?

A. 30% B. 50% C. 70% D. 90%

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