My first papers in psychology addressed the growth of perspective-taking in children and adolescents. Having a particular interest in incompetence (the title of this blog), my main focus has generally ...

Children are often perceived as egocentric—and not without good reason. For example, it is well documented that 3-year-old children only use their own perspective when predicting someone else's ...

If you've ever had a boss who insisted they were always right, or a friend who refuses to see anyone else's point of view, you might call them egocentric. Egocentrism, by definition, is when you view ...