Belle is excited when she receives a telephone call from her grandmother on her birthday. When Belle's grandmother asks Belle how old she is, Belle holds up three fingers in front of the phone. Belle's belief that because she can see her fingers, so can her grandmother, reflects the Piagetian concept of

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Belle's belief that her grandmother can see her holding up three fingers is an example of egocentrism, in which children assume that others perceive the world in the same way that they do. Belle is unable to take her grandmother's perspective and understand that she cannot see Belle's fingers through the phone.

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