Age 3, Ping Li occasionally talks to himself in front of others, and ignores his mother's instructions to come to the table and eat with his family. Ping Li is demonstrating __________.

A. childhood psychosis
B. conservation of thought
C. intuitive thought
D. egocentric thought


Answer: D

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