The Thought Processes of a Child in Piaget's Stage of Formal

question 146

Multiple Choice

The thought processes of a child in Piaget's stage of formal operations are like those of

• A) normal adults.
• B) normal adults except for impairment on abstract or hypothetical questions.
• C) normal adults except for impairment on conservation problems.
• D) normal adults except that they lack the concept of object permanence.

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Relating to the essential substance or elements of a thing; concerning the merits of a case, as opposed to procedural aspects.

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