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ERIC Number: EJ250224
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Sep
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Are Young Children Really Egocentric?
Black, Janet K.
Young Children, v36 n6 p51-55 Sep 1981
Recent research data contest Piaget's conclusion that preschool children are totally egocentric, incapable of taking different perspectives, and prevented from acting altruistically. Children are able to decenter when experiments enable children to use their knowledge of very basic human purposes, intentions, and interactions. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Early Experience, Egocentrism, Language Skills, Perspective Taking, Preschool Children, Research Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Decentering (Psychological); Piagetian Theory