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. genetic predispositions.
c. a parental behavior that would occur even if Josh had an easy temperament.
d. all of these.


ANSWER: a

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