Question

In what ways do you think cognitive changes in early adulthood (e.g., the emergence of post-formal thought and practical intelligence) affect how young adults deal with questions of marriage, divorce and child rearing?

Answer 1

Answer.

Piaget’s stage of formal operational thinking is marked by hypotheticodeductive reasoning and relativistic thinking where the young adolescent acquires the ability to assess the outcomes based specific situations and circumstances rather than generalise the same solution and behaviour across situations. Thus, formal thinking during adolescence can lead to the individual acting more responsibly, accept one's own social role, think logically, be emotionally aware, and cope reasonably well with varied situations at job, in marriage and making d clowns about the appropriate child rearing practice rather than apply readymade available solutions such as ‘ because our forefathers did the same’.