Sarah hit her brother, adam, on saturday evening. when adam woke up with a fever the next morning, sarah concluded that she made her brother sick by hitting him. this is an example of

This is an example of "transductive reasoning."
Transductive reasoning is another element of the thinking of any child in the substage. Transductive thinking is a defective kind of rationale that includes making derivations starting with one particular then onto the next. It can prompt right or exact conclusions, yet it isn't ensured to do as such.