According to Piaget, what do adolescents rely on during the formal operational stage of cognitive development that helps them reason differently than children in the concrete operations stage?
A. an enlarged prefrontal cortex
B. genetic abilities
C. propositional thought
D. trial and error experience from previous years
Answer: C
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