Your text highlights which of the following points in discussing children's reasoning about living things?
a. children who have been trained in the scientific classification of living things show improvement in logical reasoning skills and score higher on IQ tests than children with no such training.
b. children who have been trained in logical reasoning are better able to learn specific biological content such as how the digestive system and circulatory system are interconnected
c. children often have trouble understanding that animals can engage in internal processes such as healing that plants cannot
d. children often think living things are built to fulfill specific human purposes and often have trouble knowing whether plants are alive
Ans: d. children often think living things are built to fulfill specific human purposes and often have trouble knowing whether plants are alive
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