One Reason That Adolescents and Adults Do Not Always Engage

question 120

Multiple Choice

One reason that adolescents and adults do not always engage in formal operational thinking is that they

• A) lack educational experiences that foster abstract reasoning.
• B) may be capable of it, but fall back on less demanding intuitive judgments.
• C) lack the motivation for higher-level thinking and problem solving.
• D) prefer to make trial-and-error judgments.

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Definitions:

Capital Formation

The process of building up the capital stock of a country through investing in productive plants and equipment.

Rate of Savings

The proportion of disposable income that is saved rather than spent on goods and services.

Hours Worked

The total number of hours spent by employees performing tasks as part of their employment.

Decreased

Decreased indicates a reduction in size, quantity, quality, or intensity of a specific variable or condition.