Michelle, Age Four, Is in a Hurry to Get Herself

Multiple Choice

Michelle, age four, is in a hurry to get herself ready to go to preschool. She is talking the entire time, narrating how she is getting dressed and what she wants to take for a snack. Vygotsky would say that, by using private speech to solve her problem, Michelle is:

A) engaging in egocentric and immature thinking.
B) likely to be socially competent.
C) functioning at the upper limit of her zone of proximal development (ZPD) .
D) engaging in scaffolding.