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 if what you learned was accurate.You are sitting directly across from her and ask her to look at the front and back cover of her favorite book.After she did this,you asked her to describe "the part of the book I am looking at." What does she tell you?

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According to egocentrism in the preoperational stage, children at this age tend to focus on their own perspective and have difficulty understanding that others can have a different perspective. Therefore, the 4-year-old is likely to describe what she sees, rather than what you see or what the book is about.

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