When planning to answer a 16-year-old girl's questions about menstruation, the nurse must consider cognitive development. What is developed during adolescence according to Piaget?
a. The ability to view a situation from multiple perspectives
b. The ability to focus more on the past than present situations
c. The ability to exercise concrete reasoning
d. The ability to consider hypothetical situations
ANS: D
According to Piaget, in the formal operations stage adolescents have the ability to think abstractly.
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