If a child says that his mother won't mind that he took cookies from the cookie jar because she likes cookies, then the child is in Selman's __________ stage.
A) undifferentiated
B) social-informational
C) self-reflective
D) third-person

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In Selman's undifferentiated stage of perspective taking, children (typically ages 3-6) do not yet understand that others can have perspectives different from their own. The child's reasoning that his mother won't mind him taking cookies because she likes cookies reflects this lack of differentiation between his own perspective and his mother's.

If a Child Says That His Mother Won't Mind That