Kyle tried to build a snowman without wearing his mittens, but his hands hurt from the cold. Now Kyle tells his mother that doing anything in the snow requires mittens. Kyle has used

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Kyle has observed a specific instance (building a snowman without mittens causing his hands to hurt) and generalized it to a more broad statement (doing anything in the snow requires mittens). This is an example of inductive logic, where specific observations are used to form general conclusions. Deductive logic would involve starting with a general concept and applying it to a specific instance, while class inclusion, formal operations, and naive psychology do not fit the scenario.

Kyle Tried to Build a Snowman Without Wearing His Mittens