A five-year-old boy tells you that his kindergarten class has more boys than children. What does this example illustrate about the child's cognitive development?

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The child's statement suggests that he cannot handle hierarchical classification problems, which involve understanding that a category can include subcategories and that objects can belong to more than one category. The child's statement reflects an inability to classify children into the subcategories of "boys" and "girls."

A Five-Year-Old Boy Tells You That His Kindergarten Class Has