Piaget’s formal stage of thinking addresses hypothetical and abstract thinking.
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Question
Piaget’s formal stage of thinking addresses hypothetical and abstract thinking. How would you change if, as of tomorrow, you lived in a country with one of the following situations:
No computer technology was availableA belief that females were superior to males and males were imprisoned for disobedienceA hatred for the wealthy and educated created a hostile environmentNo organized religion was allowed
Select one of the situations and share your view (as a formal operations thinker) about how you would feel about your new world and how it may affect your cognitive view of daily life.
Explanation / Answer
If I am in a situation where there is: no computer technology available, I will feel isolated and cut off from the rest of the world. The cognitive view of my daily life will change; it will be more based on real world experiences rather than experiences from the virtual world. Thus my knowledge will be based on my own personal experiences and not the experiences of people living far and wide; whom I am connected via the social media using computers. I will feel scared to live alone by myself without being in touch with the friends and family through a computer. My knowledge will decrease as I will not be connected with the rest of the world. My problem-solving skills may also go down because I rely on internet and computers in seeking answers to my day to day problems in life.