Why did the girl in the video say that hitting a glass with a feather would break the glass even though she is old enough to know better?

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The girl in the video is likely in the formal operations stage of cognitive development, which allows for hypothetical reasoning based on stated rules. She may understand that hitting a glass with a feather seems unlikely to break it based on her concrete understanding of the world, but she can also deduce hypothetical outcomes based on rules she has been told (such as the fragility of glass).

Why Did the Girl in the Video Say That Hitting