Consider the following: Premise 1: If an animal barks, it is a dog.
Premise 2: A snail barks.
The concrete operational child would fail to draw the conclusion that "a snail is a dog" because his or her conclusions are based on
A) tertiary circular reactions.
B) experience.
C) deductive reasoning.
D) egocentrism.

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The concrete operational child, according to Jean Piaget's stages of cognitive development, relies heavily on concrete experiences and evidence rather than abstract logic. Thus, they would struggle to conclude that a snail is a dog because their understanding is grounded in what they have observed or experienced about snails and dogs, which contradicts the premise that a snail can bark or be a dog.

Consider the Following: Premise 1: If an Animal Barks, It