Asking students to predict how the course of history may have changed if the first president were a woman would likely motivate students in which of Piaget's stages to answer thoroughly?
A) sensorimotor
B) preoperational
C) concrete operational
D) formal operational
Answer: D
Rationale: The formal operational stage is characterized by the capacity for abstract and hypothetical thinking. Because the first U.S. president was not a woman, this is an example of purely hypothetical reasoning.
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