1.What specific statements in the disclosures by the adolescent in this video indicate that he has achieved formal operational thought?
The child began to use logical thinking and gained a better understanding of mental operations. Inductive reasoning had also been shown from giving specific experience to a general principle. However, the child understands that just because the shape of an object changes in appearance it still contains the same amount as before.
2.What kind of tasks are the middle children in this video incapable of accomplishing given their cognitive abilities? Reversibility, how objects can be changed and then return to its original condition.