alleryWhich stage involves abstract, hypothetical reasoning?
AFormal operational stage
BConcrete operational stage
CPreoperational stage
DSensorimotor stage
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Formal operational stage
1. Abstract and hypothetical reasoning needs logic that works on ideas, not only on objects.
2. Piaget placed this in the formal operational stage, from about age 11.
3. The concrete operational stage handles only real objects and events.
_Source: Wikipedia, Piaget's theory of cognitive development, Formal operational stage_
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