The cognitive development of the school age child is progressing rapidly. The two main cognitive processes at this time, which allow the child to become a more effective communicator during the school age years are non-egocentrism and decentration.
Non-egocentrism is the child's ability to take on the perspective of others. Until school age, the child is egocentric and is unable to see things from anyone's perspective but his own. Non-egocentrism allows the child to use diactic terms correctly, so he can describe ideas using deixis (words such as "here," "there," "this," "that," "me," and "you").
Decentration is the ability of the child to move from a rigid unidi
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