What would be one critique in measuring formal operations by using Piaget's pendulum problem among adolescents in an impoverished traditional culture?

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: Answers vary. Researchers would argue that if people are tested in real-life situations that they would encounter in their own culture using materials that they are familiar with, they will be more likely to demonstrate formal operational thinking. Because they are probably not familiar with the apparatus of the pendulum and weights, they will score lower than their peers in developed countries.