Jean Piaget
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In Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, what is the most important mental ability that develops in children during the 'Formal Operational Stage' which enables them to consider abstract thoughts, hypotheses, and all possible solutions to problems logically?
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According to Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, during the formal operational stage (from approximately 11 years to adulthood), children's mental development reaches a level where they are capable of abstract thinking. The most prominent feature of this stage is 'hypothetical-deductive reasoning', through which children generate various hypotheses to solve a problem and systematically test their logical consequences.
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