The little boy in the video was in the concrete operational stage. The older girl was in the formal operational stage. The first child could not think abstractly and listen to the rules that were given to him. The teacher told the boy that the feather would break the glass, and the little boy knew it was not possible no matter how she said it to him. The older child understood the question asked, and knew how to answer the question correctly, that the feather would break the glass.
Be careful in saying the child could 'understand' the question and answer it properly. I'm sure HE thought he understood the question and gave a reasonable answer. How exactly was he thinking in that moment? How was it concrete? I'm sure he was 'listening', but how did he interpret the information?
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