Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
UGC NET December 2023 (12.12.2023) Shift-II
At which stage of cognitive development can adolescents think, reason and analyse beyond the realm of concrete experiences?
AFormal operational stage ✓ Correct
BSensorimotor stage
CConcrete operational stage
DPre-operational stage
Correct answer: (A) Formal operational stage — Abstract reasoning beyond concrete experience marks the formal operational stage, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Abstract reasoning beyond concrete experience marks the formal operational stage, so that is the answer.
★This is the fourth and final stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development.
★It typically begins around the age of 11 and continues into adulthood.
★In it a person can think abstractly, logically and systematically.
★They can handle ideas mentally without needing concrete objects.
★The earlier sensorimotor, pre-operational and concrete operational stages do not allow this abstract reasoning.
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