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Describe some of an adolescent's cognitive processes. Where do adolescents (teenagers) fall in Piaget's stages of cognitive development.

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This solution provides an introduction to adolescent cognitive processes. The solution situates teenagers thought processes within Piaget's theory of cognitive development and then elaborates beyond Piaget's frame work. Additionally, it includes one reference source to aid further research of the topic.

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An adolescent's cognitive process is less visible than her physical development. Adolescents go through moral development and psychosocial development. Adolescents who receive a formal high school education move into Piaget's final stage of formal operations which allows for abstract thinking to become possible. This type of thinking is attributed to the final development of the frontal lobes of the brain, the part of the brain that is ...

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