Researchers Have Suggested That Specific Parent-Child Interaction Patterns Help Instill

Multiple Choice

Researchers have suggested that specific parent-child interaction patterns help instill certain social cognitive processing skills in children that then influence social cognitive processing of interactions with peers, which in turn influences peer acceptance.In practice, it is difficult to tell if such links are causal because the research in this area has largely been:

A) correlational
B) cross-sectional
C) observational
D) quasi-experimental