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  2. Egocentrism - Wikipedia

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    It is thought that Piaget overestimated the extent of egocentrism in children. Egocentrism is thus the child's inability to see other people's viewpoints, not to be confused with selfishness. The child at this stage of cognitive development assumes that their view of the world is the same as other people's.

  3. Centration - Wikipedia

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    Egocentrism, then, refers to the inability to distinguish one's own perspective from that of others, but does not necessarily imply selfishness or conceit. [6] In speech, children are egocentric when they consider matters only from their own perspective. For example, a young egocentric boy might want to buy his mother a toy car for her birthday.

  4. Three mountain problem - Wikipedia

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    Egocentric thinking is looking at the world from the child's point of view solely, thus "an egocentric child assumes that other people see, hear, and feel exactly the same as the child does.” [4] This is consistent with the results for the preoperational age range as they selected photographs paralleling their own view.

  5. Adolescent egocentrism - Wikipedia

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    Adolescent egocentrism is a term that child psychologist David Elkind used to describe the phenomenon of adolescents' inability to distinguish between their perception of what others think about them and what people actually think in reality. [1]

  6. Piaget's theory of cognitive development - Wikipedia

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    Egocentrism would also cause a child to believe, "I like The Lion Guard, so the high school student next door must like The Lion Guard, too." Similar to preoperational children's egocentric thinking is their structuring of a cause and effect relationships. Piaget coined the term "precausal thinking" to describe the way in which preoperational ...

  7. Loevinger's stages of ego development - Wikipedia

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    The child "asserts his growing sense of self", and views the world in egocentric terms; [7] "the child is preoccupied with bodily impulses, particularly (age-appropriate) sexual and aggressive ones." [12] Immersed in the moment, they view the world solely in terms of how things affect him or her. Impulses affirm a sense of self, but are "curbed ...

  8. New Year's resolutions for pet owners to make (and keep!) in 2025

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    It’s never too old to teach your pet a new hobby (or trick). For example, if you have a dog breed that’s made for running, like an aerodynamic sighthound or an energetic springer spaniel, the ...

  9. Personal fable - Wikipedia

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    According to Alberts, Elkind, and Ginsberg the personal fable "is the corollary to the imaginary audience.Thinking of themselves as the center of attention, the adolescent comes to believe that it is because they are special and unique.” [1] It is found during the formal operational stage in Piagetian theory, along with the imaginary audience.