Which of the following is an accurate statement about adolescents' development of formal operational thinking?
A) Formal operational reasoning enables adolescents to understand figurative language, such as metaphors.
B) An adolescent's decision-making can include here-and-now factors but not future possibilities.
C) Nearly all adolescents are engaged in formal operational thinking by the twelfth grade.
D) Higher education is of little use in the development of formal operational thinking.
A
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