Dr. Jones explored the effects of children's temperament and parents' personality over time. She found that due to their ongoing interactions, children's temperament affected parents' personalities and parents' personalities affected the children's temperament. This affect is best described as ______.
A) transactional
B) unidirectional
C) bidirectional
D) multidirectional

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Transactional effects occur when two or more variables influence each other over time. In this case, children's temperament and parents' personality affect each other, so the effect is transactional.

Dr Jones Explored the Effects of Children's Temperament and Parents