PSYC 160 Lecture Notes - Academic Press, Egocentrism
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Perspective taking is an important aspect of social cognitive development. Progressing from the egocentrism that characterizes early childhood, development culminates in adult level perspective taking within a societal context. Progressively, perspective taking is the ability to think from another person"s point-of-view and to understand their thoughts and feelings in relation to one"s own. The extent to which one has developed perspective taking skills will in uence their awareness and behavior when: (a) resolving moral dilemmas, (b) predicting social consequences, and (c) empathically relating to others. Holly is an 8-year old girl who likes to climb trees. She is the best tree climber in the neighborhood. One day while climbing a tree she falls o the bottom branch but does not hurt herself. Her father sees her fall and is upset. He asks her to promise not to climb trees anymore and holly promises. Later that day, holly and her friends meet sean.
