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According to Piaget, adolescents begin to think :

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Abstractly

Piaget's theory of cognitive development identifies the Formal Operational Stage as beginning around age 11-12 and continuing into adulthood.

In this stage, adolescents develop the capacity for abstract thought, allowing them to reason about hypothetical situations, symbols, and concepts that are not tied to concrete objects or direct experience.

This is a shift from the earlier Concrete Operational Stage, where thinking was limited to tangible, observable objects and events.

Hence, according to Piaget, adolescents begin to think abstractly.

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