Discussion
The way in which a child's efforts to master a new or challenging task is supported in a flexible and contingent way by teachers, parents or more competent persons is called
Answer: A
Supporting a child's efforts at a challenging task in a flexible and contingent way is called scaffolding.
The term comes from Wood, Bruner and Ross and is linked with Vygotsky's zone of proximal development: the helper gives as much support as the child needs and withdraws it as competence grows. Social influence is the effect of others on behaviour, social mediation is the role of others in transmitting cultural tools, and social referencing is the child's use of an adult's emotional reaction to judge an uncertain situation.
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