Toddlerhood is often referred to as Terrible Twos. Many people seem to hold this belief, even those who have never experienced a toddler. One of the reasons for this label is the tendency for toddlers to be egocentric. This egocentric tendency follows the child into the next stage of Early Childhood before it usually dissipates until the onset of puberty in adolescence. What is egocentrism? What types of “normal” toddler and early childhood behaviors are indicative of egocentrism? How is this egocentric tendency related to the sensorimotor and preoperational stages of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development? Submit a 150-400 word response to this thread
