A teacher, while explaining the concept of 'Forces and Motion' to class VI students, uses examples like pushing a shopping cart, a car braking to a stop, and a ball rolling down a slope.

She asks her students to observe these actions and reflect on the forces at play and the resulting movement. Which of the cognitive processes are likely to be engaged by the students in their analysis?
(a) Inferring
(b) Experimenting
(c) Deductive reasoning
(d) Observing