alleryHughes's 'policeman doll' task suggested children can take another's view as early as:
AAbout seven years
BAbout eleven years
CAbout two years
DAbout four years
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. About four years
1. Piaget's three mountain task suggested children decentre only by about 7.
2. Critics said the task was too hard to understand and needed matching photographs.
3. Martin Hughes asked children to hide a boy doll from policeman dolls, a task that made sense to them.
4. Around 90% of children aged 3.5 to 5 succeeded.
5. Hughes concluded children can lose egocentric thinking as early as four years.
6. This is a classic critical perspective: Piaget may have underestimated young children.
**Why the other options fail:**
- Seven years is Piaget's own estimate, the trap here.
- Eleven is the start of formal operations.
- Two is far too early for the results reported.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Three mountain problem", section "Follow Up Studies" (revision 1344091865)_
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