When 3-year-old Caitlin is asked what she did at preschool that day, she says "You know. You were there." This type of one-dimensional thinking is called
A) transductive reasoning.
B) egocentrism.
C) artificialism.
D) cognitive flexibility.

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Caitlin's response demonstrates egocentrism, a characteristic of preoperational thought in early childhood development, where children believe that others see and experience the world the same way they do.

When 3-Year-Old Caitlin Is Asked What She Did at Preschool