Although 8-year-old Claire can easily arrange sticks of differing lengths from shortest to tallest. She cannot solve the followi
ng problem: "Jack is taller than Sam, and Sam is taller than Max Who is the tallest?" This is because Claire's concrete mental operations work poorly with
A) abstract ideas.
B) logical constructs.
C) everyday decision making.
D) organized thoughts.
<em><u>Abstract ideas,</u></em><em> in psychology, is determined as ideas that are not being connected with "worldly things", and is considered as something that an individual can't touch yet can feel. However, it signifies thoughts that are considered as conceptual & symbolic but not specific or concrete. It is entirely based on the relationship between objects and ideas, principles, and concepts.</em>
<em><u>The correct answer to the question is abstract ideas.</u></em>
