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Egocentricity in the child and its effect on the child's comprehension of kin terms
Author(s) -
Macaskill Ann
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1982.tb01813.x
Subject(s) - egocentrism , psychology , comprehension , normative , developmental psychology , cognitive development , cognition , cognitive psychology , childhood development , child development , social psychology , linguistics , epistemology , philosophy , neuroscience
Piaget suggested that language acquisition is dependent on cognitive development and this paper presents data which are examined in terms of this hypothesis. As a result of a normative study on the comprehension of kin terms, the author suggested that kin terms could be divided into two categories, child‐centred terms and other‐centred terms. It was hypothesized that the decline of egocentricity in the child was a necessary development for the comprehension of other‐centred terms. Data are presented in support of this hypothesis.