Which of the following is a criticism of formal operational reasoning as a stage of cognitive development?
a. It does not describe the sensory-based reasoning of which adolescents are capable.
b. It does not deal with the ability of adolescents to raise hypotheses about an unknown future.
c. It is not broad enough to encompass the many dimensions along which cognitive functioning changes in adolescence.
d. It includes too many dimensions such as the biological basis and social context of reasoning.
c
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A) modal B) transferable C) successful D) general
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