A concrete operational thinker and a formal operational thinker are given the following logical statements: (1) If you drop a 20-pound bowling ball on your foot, it will tickle. (2) You drop a 20-pound bowling ball on your foot. What reaction would you expect?
A) Only the concrete operational thinker would conclude that "your foot would tickle."
B) Only the formal operational thinker would conclude that "your foot would tickle."
C) Both would conclude that "your foot would tickle."
D) Both would conclude that "your foot would never tickle" after having a 20-pound bowling ball dropped on it.

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A formal operational thinker can understand hypothetical and abstract reasoning, so they would follow the logic of the statements and conclude that "your foot would tickle." A concrete operational thinker, however, relies on concrete experiences and might not accept the hypothetical premise.

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