According to Piaget, what question can fourteen-year-old Vincent answer now that he could not have answered when he was several years younger?
A) How many planets are there?
B) How tall is the Empire State building?
C) How many quarters in a dollar?
D) How might we survive if our oil supply runs out?

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According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, children go through stages of development in which they acquire new mental abilities. By the age of fourteen, children have progressed to the formal operational stage, in which they can think logically and abstractly about hypothetical situations. Therefore, out of the given options, the only question that requires this level of thinking is D, "How might we survive if our oil supply runs out?"

According to Piaget, What Question Can Fourteen-Year-Old Vincent Answer Now