When Mark's grandmother calls on the telephone to wish him a happy birthday,she asks him,"How old are you today?" Instead of saying anything,Mark holds up four fingers.His behaviour is best explained as
A)intuitive.
B)egocentric.
C)excessive conservation.
D)a lack of object permanence.

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Mark's behaviour is characteristic of the egocentric stage of development, where children focus primarily on their own perspective and have difficulty understanding the perspectives of others. By holding up four fingers instead of verbalizing his age, Mark is likely demonstrating a lack of language skills or an inability to take his grandmother's perspective into account. The other answer choices (intuitive, excessive conservation, lack of object permanence) do not fit with the behavior described in the scenario.

When Mark's Grandmother Calls on the Telephone to Wish Him