Two-year-old Maya is building a block tower. Her father begins by pointing to where each block needs to go as Maya piles them up. As Maya's competence with the task increases, her father gradually withdraws support. This is an example of
A) transitive inference.
B) cooperative learning.
C) reciprocal teaching.
D) scaffolding.
D
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College students high in the need for achievement
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Suppose you were one of the early graduate students in the newly-developed field of psychology
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