Which Statement Is Supported by Follow-Up Research on Formal Operational

question 105

Multiple Choice

Which statement is supported by follow-up research on formal operational thought?

• A) School-age children show the glimmerings of hypothetico-deductive reasoning, although they are less competent at it than adolescents.
• B) With respect to propositional thought in an entirely verbal mode, school-age children can reason from premises that contradict reality.
• C) Adolescents find it more difficult than school-age children to grasp the logical necessity of propositional reasoning.
• D) School-age children can easily explain why a pattern of observations supports a hypothesis, when they recognize the connection between the two.

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