After learning to knit a simple scarf with her grandmother’s guidance, Alexis began to knit a sweater while on break from college. She went over to her grandmother’s when she had a question and was...

After learning to knit a simple scarf with her grandmother’s guidance, Alexis began to knit a sweater while on break from college. She went over to her grandmother’s when she had a question and was almost done when it was time to go back to school. She fi nished a few weeks later, needing only one Skype help session. Her grandmother recently mailed her a pattern so she can knit a handbag. This illustrates:

 a. selective attention.

 b. synaptic pruning.

 c. scaffolding.

 d. hypothetical-deductive reasoning.