Provide an overview of egocentric thought and how it manifests in children's behavior and thought

What will be an ideal response?

A good answer would include the following key points:
- Egocentric thought is thinking that does not take the viewpoints of others into account. Preschoolers do not understand that others have different perspectives from their own.
- Egocentric thought takes two forms: the lack of awareness that others see things from a different physical perspective, and their failure to realize that others may hold different thoughts, feelings and points of view.
- As a result, children lack concern over their behavior and are unable to understand its impact on others.
- Egocentric children may talk to themselves and ignore others.
- They believe if they can't see others, such as in a game of hide and seek, then others cannot see them.