Relativism, Self-Centering, and Conceptual Level

Egocentrism and social interaction across the life span.

“…Success in decentering has been shown to correlate positively with age (Elkind & Scott, 1962;Houssiadas & Brown, 1967;Stuart, 1967;Sullivan & Hunt, 1967) and level of intelligence (Elkind & Scott, 1962;Stuart, 1967;Sullivan & Hunt, 1967). Other positive relationships with decentering ability have been found with the ability to make mature moral and causal judgments (Stuart, 1967), with social class (Sullivan & Hunt, 1967), and with categorization ability (Weinberg, 1963). Houssiadas and Brown (1967) found that the developmental sequence for centering-decentering found in normal children also exists in mentally retarded children.…”

Egocentrism and Social Interaction in Young and Old Adults

“…Confirming the results of Elkind and Scott (1962), success in decentering has been shown to correlate positively with age (Houssiadas & Brown, 1967;Stuart, 1967;Sullivan & Hunt, 1967) and intelligence level (Stuart, 1967;Sullivan & Hunt, 1967). Other positivé relation ships with decentering ability have been found with these variables: the ability to make mature moral and causal judgments (Stuart, 1967); social class (Sullivan & Hunt, 1967); categori zation ability (Weinberg, 1959(Weinberg, , 1963. Houssiadas and Brown (1967) found that the developmental sequence for centeringdecentering found in normal children also exists in mentally retarded children (mean IQ = 55j ages 8 to 1^ years).…”