Older Children and the Three Mountains task
Piaget predicted that older children should, like adults, be able to take the perspectives of others. However, it is always important to check one’s predictions and we can watch what happens with a child who is 7 years old.
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The behaviour of younger and older children seems to give very good support to Piaget’s ideas about perspective taking. However, there have been important challenges to his conclusions.
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