Question

Although Mr. Tong was obviously busy reading an absorbing novel, his 5-year-old daughter kept interrupting him with comments and questions about the TV cartoons she was watching. Before Mr. Tong becomes irritated with his daughter for being inconsiderate, he should be alerted to Piaget's concept of:__________.

A) Object permanence.
B) Habituation.
C) Conservation.
D) Egocentrism.
E) Accommodation.

Answer 1

The answer is D) egocentrism.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Piaget, children on the preoperational stage of cognitive development, occuring around age two, tend to present "egocentrical" behaviours. That is, they are concerned only about themselves, and are incapable of viewing another person's perspective. Children on this stage also assume that other people feel and think exactly the same way as them.