Eight-Year-Old Julie Lives in a Rural Area Where Many People

Multiple Choice

Eight-year-old Julie lives in a rural area where many people are farmers or in some other way make their living through agriculture. After a lengthy summer drought, it begins to rain heavily one day in late July. "Thank goodness!" Julie hears her father exclaim. "Our prayers have finally been answered!" Julie makes a mental note of the cause-effect relationship her father has implied-in particular, that prayer can lead to rain. This situation illustrates Vygotsky's belief that:

A) Adults pass along to children the ways in which their culture interprets events.
B) Children's level of potential development is always a bit higher than their actual developmental level.
C) Children acquire more knowledge and skills when scaffolding is kept to a minimum.
D) Thought and language are distinct processes in the early years of life.