6.3 Social contexts

Question 1

reciprocal socialization

Answer 1

Socialization that is bidirectional; children socialize parents, just as parents socialize children.

Question 2

scaffolding

Answer 2

process that enables a child or novice to solve a problem, carry out a task or achieve a goal which would be beyond his unassisted efforts

Practice in which parents time interactions so that infants experience turn taking with the parents; these interactions allow infants to be more skillful than they would be if they had to rely only on their own abilities.