According to Labouvie-Vief, how would an adolescent who is in formal operations respond to the following scenario? "A man who was a heavy drinker, especially at parties, was warned by his wife that if he came home drunk one more time, she would leave him and take the children. Sometime later he went to an office party and came home drunk. What will she do?"

a. "Did he apologize and beg her not to leave? Did she really mean it when she said she would leave him?"
b. "She said she would leave if he came home drunk once more, he came home drunk, therefore she will leave."
c. "Does she have some place to go?"
d. "Does she really want to leave? It was most likely just a threat."

Answer: B

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