... ,(Coon pg. 100). The formal operations stage eleven years and up Thinking is based on more abstract principals,and hypothetical possibilities. The older the adolescent they are more capable of inductive and deductive reasoning. From these theories Piaget concluded that you need cognitive thinking to develop not Freuds motive force. Maslow's theories were developed to disprove that Freud and Eriksons theories were ... ...

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... Hypotheticodeductive thinking. This is the highest organization of cognition and enables people to make a hypothesis or proposition and to test it against reality. Deductive reasoning moves from the general to the particular and is a more complicated process than inductive reasoning, which moves from particular to general. This step also brings about self-conscious behavior because of the ability to reflect on their ... ...

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