According to Piaget, during the formal operational period of cognitive development, children begin to
A)acquire the concept of conservation.
B)understand the nature of hierarchical classification.
C)think primarily in terms of concrete objects or situations.
D)think in terms of abstract principles and hypothetical possibilities.

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During the formal operational period, which typically begins around age 12, children start to think abstractly and reason about hypothetical problems. They move beyond concrete experiences and begin to think about possibilities, engage in deductive reasoning, and understand abstract principles.

According to Piaget, During the Formal Operational Period of Cognitive