Cassandra was deciding how to organize her defense for the high school debate competition. she thought of several hypothetical arguments her opponents might raise, and how she might reply. what cognitive stage does the account best illustrate?

The cognitive stage that Cassandra is illustrating is the Formal Operations stage, this focuses on having to use reasoning and logical thinking in which the person made use of hypothetical or even theoretical in which Cassandra uses as she thought of hypothetical arguments.