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Jory, a six year old, is picking out a card for his mother's birthday. He picks the card with a picture of Lightning McQueen, reasoning that since he loves Cars his mother does to. What does this exemplify?a. conservation

b. egocentrism
c. pretend play
d. reversibility

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Answer:

Egocentrism

Step-by-step explanation:

The term egocentric is a term that was conceived within Piaget's theory of childhood development. Egocentrism is the inability of a person in this case Jory to understand another person's view or opinion may be different from their own. It is a cognitive bias, in that someone would assume that others have the same perspective as they do, Not able to process the fact that other people would have a perception of their own.

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