Title: Egocentrism and social influence in children.
Abstract: WEINHEIMER, SIDNEY. Egocentrism and Social Influence in Children. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1972, 43, 567-578. An experiment based on Asch's socialinfluence technique and Piaget's studies of cognitive development explored perspective taking of children between ages 5 and 8 years. Egocentric children were shown to have inadequate social schema to understand the adult meaning of conformity and independence. Although the manifest behavior may appear the same in adults and children, the acts of conformity and independence are mediated differently in the 2. It was also shown that children reconcile perspectives more frequently in the presence of peers, rather than with adults, and that egocentric boys conform less than girls.
Publication Year: 1972
Publication Date: 1972-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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