You just came back from a class in which the topic was egocentrism in the preoperational stage.You have a 4-year-old and thought that you would see whether what you learned was accurate.You are sitting directly across from your child and ask her to look at the front and back cover of her favorite book.After she does this, you ask her to describe "the part of the book I am looking at." What does she tell you?

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According to the concept of egocentrism in the preoperational stage, children at this age are unable to see things from someone else's perspective. Therefore, when you ask your child to describe "the part of the book I am looking at," she will most likely describe what she sees, rather than what you see.

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