While vacuuming the playroom, Jackson's mother set his train track on a table. Seeing that the track had been moved, Jackson became upset and complained that his track was ruined. After Jackson's mother returned the track to the floor, Jackson continued to fuss, arguing that his trains would no longer work on the track. Jackson's inability to understand that moving the track from the table to the floor restored it to the original state is an example of ______.

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Jackson's reaction is an example of irreversibility, which is the inability to understand that an action can be reversed to return to the original state. This concept is often not fully developed in young children.

While Vacuuming the Playroom, Jackson's Mother Set His Train Track