Three-Year-Old Sharon Can Solve 4-Piece Jigsaw Puzzles on Her Own

question 109

Multiple Choice

Three-year-old Sharon can solve 4-piece jigsaw puzzles on her own but needs her parents' help to solve 6-piece jigsaw puzzles.Which of the following represents the upper limit of Sharon's zone of proximal development (ZPD) for solving such puzzles?

• A)Sharon moving on to 10-piece puzzles
• B)Sharon solving a 6-piece puzzles on her own
• C)Sharon helping her two-year-old brother with 4-piece puzzles
• D)Sharon mastering 4-piece puzzles

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Definitions:

Inferior Good

A type of good for which demand decreases as the income of individuals or the economy increases, opposite to what is observed with a normal good.

Law of Supply

It states that, all else equal, an increase in the price of a good or service will lead to an increase in the quantity supplied.

Law of Demand

An economic principle stating that the quantity demanded of a good decreases as its price increases, all else being equal, and vice versa.

Diminishing Marginal Utility

Diminishing marginal utility is the principle stating that as a person consumes more of a good, the satisfaction gained from consuming each additional unit decreases.