Five-Year-Old Jonah Likes to Play a Scrabble-Like Game on the Family

Multiple Choice

Five-year-old Jonah likes to play a scrabble-like game on the family computer. He plays against other family members, and usually does pretty well. When he gets a list of letter tiles that are too difficult for him to use, he asks his mother and father for help. The difference between letter tiles that Jonah can use and letter tiles with which he needs help typifies what Vygotsky called the zone of ____ development.

A) ​assisted
B) ​distal
C) ​proximal
D) ​located