Larissa is 5 years old and learning to read. Her parents have her sound out each letter in the words as she is trying to read. Each letter that she sounds out is considered what part of the building blocks of language?

Self-fulfilling prophecies are expectations about the occurrence of a future event or behavior that act to increase the likelihood that the event or behavior will occur.

a. true b. false

Parents who __________ usually find it easier to grant teenagers appropriate autonomy and experience less conflict with them

A) have time-consuming, stressful jobs B) have a permissive parenting style C) are content with their marriages D) have an authoritarian parenting style