You are watching a video of a man in a developing country performing a task intended to determine if he is in the formal operations state of development.The person performing the task is 28 and he is performing quite poorly.What explanation would late 20th-century researchers have given to account for his poor performance?

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Late 20th-century researchers would have likely attributed the man's poor performance to the lack of formal education and exposure to the scientific method, which are necessary for developing formal operational thinking. This explanation fits with the cultural-historical context of the time when access to education and scientific knowledge was limited in many developing countries. They would not have assumed that he was cognitively incapable or had brain damage without further evidence. The motivation or interest of the person was not a typical factor considered in the cognitive developmental theory.

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