Failure of the Three Mountain Task in preschool children indicates their:
A) inability to conserve.
B) egocentrism.
C) increased animism.
D) decreased metamemory.

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The Three Mountain Task is designed to assess egocentrism in children, specifically their ability to understand that other people can have different perspectives from their own. Failure in this task indicates a child's difficulty in seeing things from another's viewpoint, a hallmark of egocentrism.

Failure of the Three Mountain Task in Preschool Children Indicates