Three-year-old Sarah playfully hit her brother, Adam, on Saturday evening. When Adam woke up with a fever the next morning, Sarah concluded that she made her brother sick by hitting him. This is an example of

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Sarah's conclusion that her action of hitting her brother caused his illness is an example of transduction, which is a form of prelogical reasoning typical in young children where they link events that occur close together in time without understanding the true cause-and-effect relationship.

Three-Year-Old Sarah Playfully Hit Her Brother, Adam, on Saturday Evening