What aspects of cognition develop during adolescence?
a. Ability to see things from the point of view of another
b. Capability of using a future time perspective
c. Capability of placing things in a sensible and logical order
d. Progress from making judgments based on what they see to making judgments based on what they reason
ANS: B
Adolescents are no longer restricted to the real and actual. They also are concerned with the possible; they think beyond the present. During concrete operations (between ages 7 and 11 years), children exhibit thought processes that enable them to see things from the point of view of another, place things in a sensible and logical order, and progress from making judgments based on what they see to making judgments based on what they reason.
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