Which preoperational tendency is illustrated by a child saying 'road hurt me' after slipping on the road?
AEgocentrism, focusing only on the child's own viewpoint
BAnimism, attributing life-like qualities to inanimate objects
CCentration, focusing on a single feature of an object
DConservation, recognising invariance across transformations
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Animism, attributing life-like qualities to inanimate objects
1. The chapter explains that preoperational children attribute life-like qualities to inanimate things.
2. This tendency is named animism.
3. The example given in the chapter is a child saying 'road hurt me' after a fall.
4. Egocentrism is also a feature of this stage but refers to viewpoint not life-attribution.
5. Hence treating the road as a living being is animism.
_Source: NCERT Class 11 Psychology Ch 3 "Human Development", p. 50, Cognitive Development in Childhood_
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