CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Throughout most of the preoperational stage, a child’s thinking isself-centered, or egocentric. According to Piaget, during thepreoperational stage a child has difficulty understanding life from any otherperspective than his own.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is egocentric thinking in young children? Egocentric thinking is the normal tendency for a young child to see everything that happens as it relates to them. This is not selfishness. Young children are unable to understand different points of view.

Detailed explanation-4: -noun. ego·cen·trism ˌē-gō-ˈsen-ˌtri-zəm. also ˌe-Synonyms of egocentrism. : the quality or state of being egocentric : excessive interest in oneself and concern for one’s own welfare or advantage at the expense of or in disregard of others.

Detailed explanation-5: -Egocentrism in the Preoperational Stage Piaget used several creative and clever techniques to study the mental abilities of children.