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Which reasoning uses what-if thinking in the formal stage?

AMagical thinking
BPrecausal reasoning
CHypothetico-deductive
DPerceptual matching
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Hypothetico-deductive
1. Adolescents form hypotheses and deduce which course is best. 2. Piaget called this hypothetico-deductive reasoning. 3. Magical, precausal and perceptual thinking belong to younger children. _Source: Wikipedia, Piaget's theory of cognitive development, Formal operational stage_
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