Asking students to predict how the course of history may have changed if the first president were a woman would likely motivate students in which of Piaget's stages to answer thoroughly?
A) sensorimotor
B) preoperational
C) concrete operational
D) formal operational

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Piaget's formal operational stage (ages 12 and up) is characterized by the ability to think abstractly and hypothetically. Asking students to predict how the course of history may have changed if the first president were a woman requires hypothetical thinking and therefore is most likely to motivate students in the formal operational stage to answer thoroughly.

Asking Students to Predict How the Course of History May