Shared influences occur because individual children tend to elicit different responses from their parents, owing to their temperament, gender, or birth order, etc.

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Shared influences refer to environmental factors that contribute similarly to the development of siblings, such as socioeconomic status or parenting style, rather than the individual responses elicited by each child's unique characteristics.

Shared Influences Occur Because Individual Children Tend to Elicit Different