A parent asks her young son to set the table and steps him through the process by asking him questions that help him figure out each step (e.g., how many people are coming to the table?). What the parent is doing is most likely an example of:

a. social scaffolding
b. taxomonic categorization
c. thematic categorization
d. centration

Ans: a. social scaffolding

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