A 5-year-old boy told his mother that he had an accident with his
bicycle because he was thinking of taking some money from his mother.
This type of reasoning is known as
A. Adaptive reasoning
B. Magical thinking
C. Concrete operation
D. Abstract reasoning
A. Adaptive reasoning
B. Magical thinking
C. Concrete operation
D. Abstract reasoning
Ans. B.
The type of
reasoning used by this 5-year-old boy, who believed that something bad he was
thinking caused a bad event to occur (i.e., the bicycle accident), is called
magical thinking. This type of reasoning is typical of children in Piaget's
preoperational stage (age 2-7 years).
