Billy always walks to kindergarten.His mom always picks him up at school after kindergarten on her way home from work.One day,mom asks Billy to walk home from kindergarten by himself.Billy insists he does not know how to walk home from kindergarten-he only knows how to walk to kindergarten.Which cognitive operation does Billy apparently lack?

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Billy lacks reversibility, which is the ability to understand that actions can be reversed, allowing things to return to their original state. In this context, it means understanding that the route to kindergarten can be reversed to walk back home.

Billy Always Walks to Kindergarten