Who among the following believed that ‘human activities take place in cultural settings and they cannot be understood apart from those settings?

Correct option is D

(d) Lev Vygotsky
Lev Vygotsky is known for his emphasis on the role of cultural and social context in development. He argued that human activities, including cognitive processes, are deeply embedded in and influenced by the cultural settings in which they occur. Vygotsky's theory highlights the inseparability of individual development from the social and cultural context.