Contrary to the findings of Piaget, several researchers have ...

[nramada]

Contrary to the findings of Piaget, several researchers have concluded that
 
  a. many youngsters are capable of formal operational thought as early as eight years of age.
  b. 70 to 80 percent of college freshmen have the ability to think abstractly.
  c. formal operational thought is the rule rather than the exception throughout adolescence.
  d. he probably overestimated the extent to which most adolescents are mature formal operators.

Question 2

According to research on Piaget's formal operational stage of cognitive development, we can probably infer that
 
  a. the majority of ninth graders are capable of thinking hypothetically.
  b. most thirteen-year-olds can understand the point of a complex metaphor the first time they are exposed to it.
  c. the typical eight-year-old has entered the stage of formal operations.
  d. most college freshmen are unable to recognize the symbolism in a modern short story.

[TINA]

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

D

[nramada]

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[elyse44]

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