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GCSE Psychology · key term
Difficulty recognising that another person may see, think or feel differently from oneself. It does not mean selfishness.
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Paper 1
Revise: Education and Piaget’s TheoryEgocentricity is difficulty recognising that another person may have a different viewpoint from one's own. It is not the same as selfishness. A child might assume that because they can see a toy, someone sitting elsewhere can see it too.
Keep the studies distinct: McGarrigle and Donaldson tested conservation; Hughes tested egocentricity.
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