In a Point-Of-View Task, 12-Year-Old Amira Takes Much Longer Answering

question 28

Multiple Choice

In a point-of-view task, 12-year-old Amira takes much longer answering third-person questions ("What do you think someone else would think if…?") compared to first-person questions ("What would you think if…?") . Joey, who is 18, also takes longer with third-person questions compared to first-person questions, but the gap between the two is not as great as it is for Amira. A researcher might conclude that Amira

• A) is incapable of considering someone else's perspective.
• B) has greater difficulty understanding other people's perspectives than does Joey.
• C) is exhibiting adolescent egocentrism, whereas Joey is not.
• D) has developed cognitive theory of mind but not affective theory of mind, but Joey is well developed in both.
• E) not yet capable of abstract thinking, whereas Joey is.

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