Three-year-old Molly is watching her mailbox. She tells her mother that the mail carrier will soon come because it is now daytime. This type of thinking is called

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Transductive reasoning is a type of thought process that occurs when a child reasons from specific to specific, making connections between two or more events that occur simultaneously or in close succession. In this case, Molly connects the time of day (daytime) with the event of the mail carrier coming, which is a characteristic way of thinking for children in the preoperational stage, typically from ages 2 to 7.

Three-Year-Old Molly Is Watching Her Mailbox