Just because two-year-old Eric knows that he is "a me" does not mean he knows that you are "a you." At age 3, Eric once put his hands over his eyes and exclaimed to his friend, Laurence, "You can't see me now!" He knew that he had a point of view, but he did not know that his friend's point of view could be different from his own. Piaget used what term to refer to this endearing feature of young children and proposed that young children exhibit this feature until they enter the concrete operational stage?
A)animism
B)egocentrism
C)scaffolding
D)transformation

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Piaget referred to this feature as egocentrism, which is the inability of young children to see things from perspectives other than their own. This characteristic is observed until they reach the concrete operational stage, where they start understanding that others may have different views and perspectives.

Just Because Two-Year-Old Eric Knows That He Is "A Me