What Is a Child's "Zone of Proximal Development

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Multiple Choice

What is a child's "zone of proximal development"?

• A) what a young child can do compared with what his peers can do
• B) what younger children can do compared with what older children can do
• C) the degree of difference between the child's current ability and future potential
• D) the gap between what the child can do now and what the child can do with help

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Definitions:

Heart Sound

The noises (such as lub-dub) generated by the beating heart and the resultant flow of blood through it.

Diaphragm

A dome-shaped muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen, playing a major role in breathing.

Stethoscope

A medical instrument used for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

Atrial Diastole

The period during the cardiac cycle when the atria of the heart are relaxed and filling with blood.