AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Jean Piaget proposed that when the child is at the formal operational stage: children’s mental capabilities are developed to the maximum level. children become capable of hypothetical and deductive reasoning.

Detailed explanation-2: -Piaget stated that “hypothetico-deductive reasoning” becomes important during the formal operational stage. This type of thinking involves hypothetical “what-if” situations that are not always rooted in reality, i.e. counterfactual thinking.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sensorimotor stage (0–2 years old) Preoperational stage (2–7 years old) Concrete operational stage (7–11 years old) Formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)

Detailed explanation-4: -fourth stage, the period of formal operations, begins at age 12 and extends into adulthood. It is characterized by an orderliness of thinking and a mastery of logical thought, allowing a more flexible kind of mental experimentation. The child learns in this final stage to manipulate abstract ideas, make hypotheses, …

Detailed explanation-5: -Pre-Operational Stage (Age 2-7) Our thinking is mainly categorized through Symbolic Functions and Intuitive Thoughts. We have lots of fantasies and believe objects are alive. As we are not able to apply specific cognitive operations, Piaget called this stage preoperational.