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