According to Vygotsky, which of the following would be within a child's zone of proximal development?
A) Edward is completing a homework assignment with a classmate.
B) Elise recently mastered a task independently following the assistance of her mother.
C) Jasira cannot yet handle a specific task on her own, but she can do it with the help of an adult.
D) Tevan figures out how to accomplish a task through trial and error.
C
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Which theorist led the case for the influence of social interactions on cognitive development?
a. Urie Bronfrenbrenner b. Lev Vygotsky c. Sigmund Freud d. Jean Piaget
As you arrive to babysit your cousin's six-week-old baby so she and her husband can go out, you find her swaddling the baby on the couch
You ask her why she is doing that. In fact, you wonder if it will negatively affect the baby's motor skills as well as make her cry more because her movement is so restricted. Drawing upon research, what does your cousin tell you? What will be an ideal response?