<span>A young child's belief that natural objects are alive and
animals have human characteristics is: "Animism".
The belief is often depicted in children's books where animals and objects like
rocks and stars etc. are shown talking. The belief was actually first surveyed by </span><span>Sir Edward Burnett Tylor in 1871 in his famous work </span><span>"Primitive
Culture"</span>
Emperor Ashoka. Indian emperor who controlled over 3 million Sq Km. He was responsible for the spread of Buddhism outside the borders of India
I believe the answer is Inference.
In creating an inference, you need to find a reliable source to obtain a certain amount of data and information.
After that, you need to process that data/information with your personal knowledge and deductive reasoning in order to create a conclusion