Sophia, a 13-year-old girl, experiments with a balance scale in her physics class. She tries to hang different weights at different points on a crossbar. She wants to understand the factors that affect the balancing of the scale. In the context of Piaget's cognitive-stage theory, Sophia is demonstrating ________ in this scenario.
A. postconventional morality
B. dual representation hypothesis
C. haptic perception
D. hypothetical-deductive reasoning
Answer: D
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