According to Vygotsky,if a Child Receives Assistance with a Task,she

question 82

Multiple Choice

According to Vygotsky,if a child receives assistance with a task,she or he may improve substantially more than another child who does not receive help.What term did Vygotsky use to describe the assistance or structuring provided by others?

• A)successive approximations
• B)scaffolding
• C)scripting
• D)mentoring

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Definitions:

Supply Curve

A graph displaying the relationship between the price of a good or service and the quantity of that good or service that a supplier is willing and able to provide, holding all else equal.

Diminishing Marginal Product

A principle stating that as more of a variable input is added to a fixed input, the additional output produced from each additional unit of the variable input eventually decreases.

Marginal Costs

The supplementary cost arising from the manufacture of an extra unit of a good or service.

Variable Inputs

Inputs that can be adjusted in the short term to alter the level of output in the production process.