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jlmhmf

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Compared with that of preadolescents, adolescents' thinking about science is more likely to
 
  be logically inconsistent.
  recognize alternative possibilities.
  be concretely tied to the situation.
  maintain traditional ideas.

Question 2

A professor asks a group of 8-year-olds and a group of 16-year-olds to argue that they should receive a reduction in their allowance, an argument with which they all surely disagree. Which of the following statements is a likely result of this study?
 
  Almost none of the students will be able to do this.
  Eight-year-olds will be able to do this, but 16-year-olds will be unable to do
  this.
  Sixteen-year-olds will be able to do this, but 8-year-olds will be unable to do
  this.
  Almost all of the students will be able to do this easily.



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Answer to Question 1

recognize alternative possibilities.

Answer to Question 2

Sixteen-year-olds will be able to do this, but 8-year-olds will be unable to do
this.



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