The perspective that sees changes in adolescents' cognitive abilities as evidence of gradual transformations in the capacity to take in, use, and store information is called

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The information processing perspective focuses on how individuals encode, store, and retrieve information, emphasizing gradual improvements in cognitive abilities, including those seen during adolescence. This contrasts with Piaget's stages of cognitive development (formal operational thought and concrete operational thought), which propose more distinct stages of cognitive abilities.

The Perspective That Sees Changes in Adolescents' Cognitive Abilities as Evidence