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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Stright et al. found that parenting style was especially important in the case of difficult children, indicating that the influence of temperament and parenting style interacted in shaping child development. They did not suggest that infant temperament has little lasting influence on child development or that it has a larger impact than parenting style. They also did not suggest that parenting style is only influential for easy children.

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