Five-year-old Cory watches a video in which a girl named Kim has few balls in a box. When Kim leaves the room briefly, her mother replaces the balls in the box with some flowers. When Kim returns, Cory was asked what Kim thought the box now contained. Which of the following options is most likely to be Cory's reply?

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Cory, being five years old, is likely to exhibit egocentrism, a characteristic of the preoperational stage of cognitive development according to Piaget. He may not yet understand that Kim has a different perspective and will assume she knows what he knows, thus thinking Kim will expect the box to still contain balls.

Five-Year-Old Cory Watches a Video in Which a Girl Named