If Ricardo is taller than Rhianna and Rhianna is taller than Lynn, then Ricardo must be taller than Lynn. According to Piaget, what concept does this question illustrate?
a. parallelism
b. seriation
c. conservation
d. transitive inference
D. To get this right, the child has to be able to order the heights mentally from tallest to shortest. Transitive inference is the mental ability to place objects in a logical order.
Psychology
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