Which of the following is not an illustration of formal operational thought?
a. Alyssa classifies information about the main branches of the US government by drawing a diagram of various departments within each branch.
b. Cody generates all the possible combinations of numbers from a seven digit telephone number.
c. Cai writes a paper discussing how satire is used in a popular comic strip to promote deeper thinking.
d. Farouk creates a story about a society that is free from war, suffering, and death.
Question 2
Studies show that formal operational thinking is
a. easily grasped by all students by the time they enter high school.
b. easily grasped by average students by the time they enter college.
c. demonstrated by all normal adults.
d. is more common among older adolescents and adults, particularly in domains where they have experience in thinking about abstract concepts.
The first published illustration of a camera obscura observing a solar eclipse.
Operational Control
Cards Used in a Formal Test of Problem Solving
Funny Math Illustration
Really , I never thought about that What about you ?
Polar Bear Thought Suppression