The developmental lens:
A. Asks us to integrate developmental perspectives and assess individuals and systems as greater than competent or less than competent
B. Seeks to create a systemic perspective that bypasses the need for individual orientations to growth and development
C. Works primarily within zones of proximal development
D. Channels child development into a contextual/cultural matrix with parents
ANS: A
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