Which of the following is true about the concrete operational stage of reasoning?
A. A kind of abstract, idealistic thinking, and logical reasoning occurs in this cognitive stage.
B. Adolescents can conceive of hypothetical possibilities in this stage.
C. This stage denotes the ability of an adolescent to systematically deduce, or come to a conclusion about, the best path for solving a problem.
D. One important skill at this stage of reasoning is the ability to classify or divide things into different sets or subsets and to consider their interrelations.
Answer: D
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