Sibling Arguments Tend to Center on

question 159

Multiple Choice

Sibling arguments tend to center on

• A)which one is the favored child.
• B)personal possessions and scripts to be followed in pretend play.
• C)personal possessions.
• D)scripts to be followed in pretend play.

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Definitions:

Egocentrism

In Piaget’s terms, the tendency to “center on oneself”—that is, to consider the world entirely in terms of one’s own point of view.

Centered On Oneself

Focused primarily on one's own needs, desires, or emotions, often to the exclusion of others.

Egocentrism

A cognitive bias in young children, and sometimes adults, where one has difficulty understanding or acknowledging perspectives other than one's own.

Decentered Thought

A cognitive ability to consider multiple aspects of a situation simultaneously, characteristic of more advanced stages of development.