"What is that?" Cleo asks."What?" her friend Shawntel says."That!" Cleo repeats. She is referring to a huge bird right outside the window."What?" repeats Shawntel, who is looking around the room, not outside.When Cleo saw the bird, she assumed that anyone else would see the same thing. She was demonstrating what Piaget called __________.
A. animism
B. symbolic representation
C. egocentrism
D. centration
Answer: C
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