A nurse caring for clients on the mental health unit recognizes that the adult clients should have completed the first three periods of Piaget's cognitive development
The nurse recognizes that the last period, which begins in adolescence and continues through adulthood, is which of the following? a. preoperational thought c. sensory motor
b. formal operations d. concrete operations
B
Piaget's fourth period of cognitive development is entitled formal operations. This period begins at about age 11 and continues through adulthood. The individual operating at the formal operations stage has the ability to organize and work with ambiguity and multiple meanings. In addition, the individual should be capable of hypothetical and deductive reasoning.
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