Byron Is Planning to Ask His Parents If He Can

question 128

Multiple Choice

Byron is planning to ask his parents if he can borrow their car on Friday night.He is thinking about all the possible reasons they might bring up for not letting him use the car,and thinking of a logical reply to each of these possible objections.Based on Piaget's model of cognitive development,Byron's thought processes illustrate

• A) the use of formal operational thought.
• B) the use of concrete operational thought.
• C) egocentric reasoning.
• D) postconventional reasoning.

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