Khloe has not been getting along with her best friend. She writes down all the difficulties they have been having and tries to generate possible reasons for them. She then considers what she can do to deal with the problems, weighing the pros and cons of each possibility. Khloe is using which of the following to solve her problem?
A. concrete operational reasoning
B. adolescent-egocentric reasoning
C. idealistic scenario reasoning
D. hypothetical-deductive reasoning
Answer: D
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