Author Question: Provide an example of how egocentrism, animism, centration, and appearance as reality might affect ... (Read 37 times)

Mollykgkg · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Provide an example of how egocentrism, animism, centration, and appearance as reality might affect the actions or thoughts of a child.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

During meditation, the brain exhibits

a. an increase in activity.
b. the same activity as during a normal resting state.
c. a decrease in activity.
d. a similar brain pattern as dementia patients.

amandalm · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

An egocentric child would see the world only through his eyes. Thus, if Child-A likes the color blue and asks Child-B what that child's favorite color is, Child-A would expect the answer from Child-B to be blue. Animism is the belief that inanimate objects have the characteristics of living organisms. Thus, a child might be concerned that a car sitting in the sun might get a sunburn. Centration involves a narrow focus of thought. For example, a child may be upset that she did not get enough ice cream if it is served in a very big bowl rather than a smaller bowl (i.e., the more empty space in the bowl, the less ice cream in the bowl). The idea of appearance as reality is based on the idea that what you see is what you get. For example, if you show a child a glass of water and put a drop of red food coloring in it, he will easily believe that the glass now contained cherry juice.

Answer to Question 2

a