Practice mode Psychology

In social situations a young child can attend to only one dimension at a time. What is this called in cognitive terms?

Correct answer D. egocentrism

Explanation

Piaget used egocentrism for the young child's inability to take another person's viewpoint, so in social situations the child attends only to the single dimension of its own perspective.

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