According to cognitive theorists, adolescents between 17 and 18
a. are incapable of forming higher-order abstractions.
b. no longer see conflicting statements about themselves as contradictory.
c. believe that they cannot be introverted with a date and extroverted with friends.
d. continue to see conflicting statements about themselves as contradictory.
Answer: b. no longer see conflicting statements about themselves as contradictory.
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