Children who use hypothetical-deductive reasoning to solve Piaget's pendulum problem and can provide a rationale for their solution are closer to ____ stage of cognitive development
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. concrete operations
d. formal operations
D. According to Piaget, determining that the length of the string is a solution to the pendulum problem and being able to provide a rationale are hallmarks of hypothetical-deductive reasoning which is indicative of formal operations.
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Although all neurons share similar shapes and structures, they do fall into three different categories. Which of the following is one of those types of neurons?
a. Sympathetic neurons b. Somatic neurons c. Peripheral neurons d. Interneurons
Do all people think at the level of formal operational thought once they have conquered concrete
operational thinking? a. Yes, otherwise abstract thought would be obsolete b. Yes, it is a skill that all adults need to use, irregardless of culture or career c. No, not everyone needs to in their daily lives or work d. No, people in pre-industrialized cultures have notadvanced enough to be able to think this way