When an adolescent can solve a complex problem by first formulating hypotheses and then testing those hypotheses in a systematic and logical way, the adolescent is engaging in ______.
a. hypothetico-deductive reasoning
b. transformative reasoning
c. reversible operations
d. dialectical thinking
Ans: A
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