Piaget claimed that an adolescent's overly optimistic idealism about how one might easily improve the world is due to during the formal operations stage.
A)egocentrism
B)incomplete brain maturation
C)an incompletely developed ability to think abstractly
D)an inability to separate and control variables

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Piaget attributed the overly optimistic idealism of adolescents to egocentrism during the formal operations stage, where they can think abstractly but may still focus on themselves and their own perspectives, leading to idealistic but not always practical ideas about changing the world.

Piaget Claimed That an Adolescent's Overly Optimistic Idealism About How