Hughes (1975)
Piaget's theory of cognitive development argues that children develop in stages. Between the ages of 2 and 7, Piaget argued that children were in the "pre-operational stage." One of the characteristics of this stage is "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 the same as the...