Examine your egocentricity.

Lesson 3 – Examine your egocentricity
Lesson 3
As you’ve come to learn, ego centrism is one of many limitations to critical thinking!
Ego centrism is a concept coined by Jean Piaget while exploring the stages of cognitive development in children. Essentially, it refers to the subconscious thinking functions of our minds that we deny we have. For example, no one says “I think I will think egocentrically for a while”.
Its ultimate goals are gratification and self-validation. It does not respect the rights and needs of others, though it may be protective of those with whom it ego-identifies.
View Mr. Feisal Abdul Rauf in this Ted Talk, as he discusses the impact of our egos and how it can, unfortunately, limit us.
As it relates to critical thinking, what has been your personal experience with Egocentrism? Specifically, think of a time when your desire to selfishly get what you want failed because of your egocentric thinking. How then did this impact your ability to critically think? To make it interesting, try exploring an experience in your particular field of study. It might even be helpful to complete these statements:
The situation was as follows…
When I didn’t get what I wanted, I thought…and behaved…
A more rational way to think would have been…
A more rational way to act would have been…
Post your example here, be sure to provide specific examples and expound upon on what you’ve written! Specifically, I’ll be looking for the ways in which you believe you may have implemented egocentricity.

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