A child's inability to understand that undoing a sequence of events will bring about the original situation is called _____.
A) concrete operations
B) conservation
C) irreversibility
D) symbolic thought

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Irreversibility refers to the inability of children in the preoperational stage to understand that reversing a sequence of events will return things to their original state. They cannot mentally "undo" an action or series of actions.

A Child's Inability to Understand That Undoing a Sequence of Events