Foo May May is assisting her three-year-old son, Alex, to build a tower out of Lego

blocks. At first, Alex needs lots of help. However, as he becomes more confident, his
mother steps back and allows him to buildon his own.

The distance between what Alex
can do on his own and the potential level of development he might attain given help or
assistance from his mother, refers to Vygotsky's
a. zone of proximal development.
b. zone of greatest assistance development.
c. zone of cephalo development.
d. zone of least assistance development.

a

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