Question

Differentiate between egocentrism and animism

Answer 1

Egocentric Thinking-:Children are unable to distinguish others viewpoints from their own. Most likely, they think that their view is what everybody sees. Piaget's three-mountain problem is an example.

Animism-:The illusion that objects have life like qualities - i.e thoughts, beliefs, emotions, feelings, intentions etc. Example - a child may think sun is chasing the clouds.