An adolescent who hypothesizes and speaks in terms of possibilities may well be functioning in Piaget's cognitive stage of
A)formal operational thought.
B)concrete operational thought.
C)moral realistic thought.
D)transductive thought.

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According to Piaget, formal operational thought, which develops during adolescence and early adulthood, involves being able to think abstractly and hypothetically, as well as reason deductively. An adolescent who hypothesizes and speaks in terms of possibilities would be demonstrating characteristics of formal operational thought. Therefore, the best choice is A, formal operational thought.

An Adolescent Who Hypothesizes and Speaks in Terms of Possibilities