Aldrich is a nineteen year old college sophomore writing a term paper on the topic of

Question

honesty. At first, he believes in the saying that "honesty is always the best policy" and
gathers substantial evidence insupport of this statement.

However, as his research
progresses, he begins to consider an opposing viewpoint that proposes, in some cases,
that "honesty can prove to be harmful and even destructive." Aldrich's ability to
synthesize these two opposing positions on a given issue represents a new level of
cognitive flexibility in early adulthood known as
a. adaptive logic.
b. dialectical thinking.
c. bimodal thought.
d. ideological cognition.

Answer 1

b