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​preoperational thinker blake has edged his way close to the top rim of the grand canyon. his mother then asks him, "what do you think someone at the bottom of the canyon looking up would see?" given the egocentric nature of his thought, blake's most likely response would be

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The same thing I see? That will be your answer about preoperational thinker
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Answer: Blake's answer might be: "He sees the canyon's bottom"

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According to Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development in the preoperational stage (age 2 - 7) children are unable to take on another person's perspective. For that reason, Blake thinks all people see what he sees, independently they are in a different location.

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