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jlmhmf

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on: Jun 22, 2018
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.


rnehls

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
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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jlmhmf

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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thank you


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Reply #3 on: Jun 22, 2018
No problem :)


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