Three-year-old Randy occasionally talks to himself in front of others,and ignores his mother's instructions to come to the table and eat with his family.In this example,Randy is demonstrating

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Egocentric thought is a characteristic of the preoperational stage of development where children exhibit a self-centered perspective and struggle to understand the viewpoints of others. Randy's behavior of talking to himself and ignoring his mother's instructions demonstrate this egocentric thinking. A three-year-old child is too young to be diagnosed with childhood schizophrenia. Conservation of thought and intuitive thought are not relevant to Randy's behavior.

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