Children who use hypothetical-deductive reasoning to solve Piaget's pendulum problem and can provide a rationale for their solution are closer to ____ stage of cognitive development
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. concrete operations
d. formal operations
D. According to Piaget, determining that the length of the string is a solution to the pendulum problem and being able to provide a rationale are hallmarks of hypothetical-deductive reasoning which is indicative of formal operations.
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