The theory that there is a stage of development beyond Piaget's formal operations, which is reached by older adolescents and adults is called
A) post-formal reasoning.
B) metasensorimotor cognition.
C) ultraconcrete thinking.
D) superoperational thought.
A) post-formal reasoning. According to the theory of post-formal reasoning, older adolescents and adults continue to develop after reaching the stage of formal operations.
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