CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -3. The concrete operational stage (7–11 years) Piaget theorized that at this stage, children further develop and master abstract thought and become less egocentric. They can now understand that events do not always relate to them and that others have different points of view.

Detailed explanation-2: -Egocentrism: Egocentrism in early childhood refers to the tendency of young children not to be able to take the perspective of others, and instead the child thinks that everyone sees, thinks, and feels just as they do.

Detailed explanation-3: -Egocentrism. 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-4: -What was Piaget’s explanation as to why preschool-age children in the preoperational stage makes errors on tasks requiring conservation? Preschool children’s tendency toward centration prevents them from focusing on other relevant features of a situation.