Houdini is watching a magician pour a clear liquid from one glass into another. When the liquid enters the second glass, it magically changes to the color blue. While Houdini finds the trick interesting, he is not surprised that an object can be changed from one state to another. This indicates that Houdini possesses _____ thought.

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Houdini's lack of surprise at the transformation of the liquid indicates that he understands the concept of transformation, or the idea that objects can be changed from one state to another. This aligns with the concept of transformational thought. Egocentric thought refers to a child's difficulty in taking another person's perspective, sensorimotor thought refers to the early stage of cognitive development where infants rely on their senses and motor actions to learn about the world, and animistic thought refers to the belief that inanimate objects have human-like attributes such as thoughts and emotions, which Houdini's lack of surprise does not indicate.

Houdini Is Watching a Magician Pour a Clear Liquid from One