Preschoolers' ability to reason about transformations is evident on
A) conservation tasks.
B) tasks that require reasoning by analogy.
C) class inclusion problems.
D) hierarchical classification tasks.

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Tasks that require reasoning by analogy typically involve transforming or manipulating objects or situations, which is a type of transformational reasoning. The other answer choices focus on different types of cognitive abilities, such as understanding that changing the appearance of an object does not change its fundamental properties (conservation), recognizing that objects can belong to multiple categories (class inclusion), and understanding the hierarchy of categories (hierarchical classification).

Preschoolers' Ability to Reason About Transformations Is Evident on