AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During which of Piaget’s stages would the individual begin to look at the world through a view without egocentrism?
A
sensorimotor stage
B
preoperational stage
C
concrete operational stage
D
formal operations stage
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -While children are still very concrete and literal in their thinking at this point in development, they become much more adept at using logic.2 The egocentrism of the previous stage begins to disappear as kids become better at thinking about how other people might view a situation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Egocentrism refers to the child’s inability to see a situation from another person’s point of view. The egocentric child assumes that other people see, hear, and feel exactly the same as the child does. In the developmental theory of Jean Piaget, this is a feature of the preoperational child.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. The sensorimotor stage (birth to 2 years) Babies from birth to 2 years of age use their senses and bodily movements to understand the world around them, which is why this stage is known as the sensorimotor stage.

Detailed explanation-4: -Piaget considered the concrete stage a major turning point in the child’s cognitive development because it marks the beginning of logical or operational thought. This means the child can work things out internally in their head (rather than physically try things out in the real world).

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