Six-year old Kerry is talking to his grandfather about Kerry's father and says: "He can't be your son because he is my father!" This inability to see a situation from another person's point of view indicates that Kerry is in which stage of cognitive development?

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This statement demonstrates egocentrism, which is characteristic of the preoperational stage of cognitive development. In this stage, children have difficulty understanding that others may have different perspectives or thoughts than their own.

Six-Year Old Kerry Is Talking to His Grandfather About Kerry's