A Person in Piaget's Formal Operational Stage

question 106

Multiple Choice

A person in Piaget's formal operational stage

• A) can come up with general logical rules through internal reflection.
• B) is able to use inductive reasoning for the first time.
• C) can only "operate on reality."
• D) has just learned that hypotheses must be confirmed by appropriate evidence.

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Definitions:

Selective Attention

The process by which a person can focus on a specific stimulus while ignoring surrounding stimuli.

Inattentional Blindness

A psychological lack of attention that is not associated with any vision defects or deficits, in which an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight.

Change Blindness

A phenomenon where a person fails to notice significant changes in a visual scene, indicating limitations in attention and perception.

Cocktail Party Effect

The brain's ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as when focusing on a single conversation in a noisy environment.