Four-year-old Kaya is given a puppet and told to teach it all of the names that she can think of for certain animals and food items.At one point,she is asked the following questions about a lion: "Is it an animal?" and "Is it a type of cat?" Her correct response of "yes" to both questions indicates that Kaya understands

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Kaya's ability to correctly identify a lion as both an animal and a type of cat suggests that she is able to organize information based on classification hierarchies, which involve grouping items based on their shared characteristics and relationships to one another. This skill is part of the broader cognitive development related to the ability to classify and categorize objects and concepts. The other options (A, B, and C) are not directly related to Kaya's ability to classify and categorize information. Object permanence relates to understanding that objects still exist even when you can't see them, seriation involves understanding how to arrange objects based on size or length, and hypothetical-deductive reasoning involves developing and testing hypotheses.

Four-Year-Old Kaya Is Given a Puppet and Told to Teach