Kamal, a toddler, is holding a picture and puts it to the receiver of a phone in order to "show" it to his grandmother. This example illustrates __________.
A) disoriented attachment
B) conservation
C) object permanence
D) egocentrism

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Kamal's action of trying to "show" a picture to his grandmother through the phone receiver demonstrates egocentrism, a concept from Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Egocentrism refers to the inability of a child at the preoperational stage to see a situation from another person's point of view. Kamal assumes that if he can see the picture, his grandmother on the other end of the phone can see it too.

Kamal, a Toddler, Is Holding a Picture and Puts It