ational stage. The development of abstract reasoning. “As children approach adolescence many become capable of solving hypothetical propositions deducing consequences.” (Myers, D.G. 2000). This statement is very vague. People’s minds’ developing is part of life, but many things can vary the speed. I know from going to school in the suburbs that people in my school were generally more educated then people in an inner city school. Now the reason, I’m not sure, if there is actually only one reason. I feel it’s a combination of reasons ranging from bad teachers, to bad neighborhoods, to bad upbringings. Now I’m not saying that all people who go to inner schools are not as well educated as kids from the suburbs, but it’s a problem that’s got national attention. This better education I feel helps people to reach this kind of thinking sooner. The same thing happens with children from other countries, which have different educational systems, might reach this stage earlier, or later than in the children in the US. It works other ways though; with being in the USAF you meet many different people. I can tell you that I’ve met people who I feel had much less of a concept on how abstract thinking takes place. They’re amazed at simple solutions to problems and how you could come up with conclusions to them. So that brings up a whole other point. With Piaget’s statement about this stage being the entrance into abstract reasoning, I agree in the sense that it is the entrance into deep abstract reasoning where everybody’s mind begins to process information in a different manner. Erikson classified the years into adolescence and broke the stages down a little more. “Teenagers work at refining a sense of self by testing roles and then integrating them to form a single identity, or they become confused about who they are.” (Myers, D.G. 2000). When I w...
