Research on Formal Operational Thinking Suggests That It ____

question 186

Multiple Choice

Research on formal operational thinking suggests that it ____.

• A) is achieved by nearly all adolescents by the time they reach adulthood
• B) is highly influenced by the surrounding culture
• C) represents the highest form of cognitive reasoning
• D) is achieved more often by males than by females

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Definitions:

Anxiety-arousing Material

Content or stimuli that induce feelings of anxiety or discomfort in an individual.

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Stuttering

A speech disorder characterized by repeated or prolonged sounds, syllables, or words, disrupting the normal flow of speech.

Transference

In psychoanalysis, the patient’s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships (such as love or hatred for a parent).