Does children's bias toward their own groups reflect egocentrism or social understanding? After being categorized as belonging to 1 of 2 fictitious groups, 157 six-to ten-year-olds evaluated group ...

My first papers in psychology addressed the growth of perspective-taking in children and adolescents. Having a particular interest in incompetence (the title of this blog), my main focus has generally ...

The preoperational stage occurs roughly between the ages 2 and 7. While there are many important events that take place ...

A region of the brain that enables children to overcome emotional self-centeredness as they mature has been discovered by researchers. Egocentrism refers to the inability to differentiate between ...

Each generation thinks the next one is more self-centered. A recent study published in Personality and Individual Differences supports this perception: American society has steadily become more ...

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This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Young children across the globe enjoy playing ...