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student77 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Deana became interested in joining the debate club at age 14 because she enjoyed pointing out contradictions and inconsistencies in the arguments of others. This type of thinking was called formal operations by Inhelder and Piaget because it involves _______________.

a. understanding of formal logic
b. mental operations on operations
c. faster information processing speed
d. scientific reasoning

Question 2

A longitudinal study during the period following high school found several developmental pathways: a group that attended college and was headed toward a career, a group that obtained an associates or vocational degree and was headed toward a career, and a group of flounderers who had still not established a career trajectory by the ages of 31 to 32. The floundering group consisted of all of the following except __________.

a. people who had never tried to attend college
b. people who had returned to college to pursue a career after trying out several jobs
c. people who had attended college but still had not found a stable career
d. people who had finished college but not found a career