In a Point-Of-View Task, 12-Year-Old Amira Takes Much Longer Answering

Multiple Choice

In a point-of-view task, 12-year-old Amira takes much longer answering third-person questions ("What do you think someone else would think if…?") compared to first-person questions ("What would you think if…?") . Joey, who is 18, also takes longer with third-person questions compared to first-person questions, but the gap between the two is not as great as it is for Amira. A researcher might conclude that Amira

A) is incapable of considering someone else's perspective.
B) has greater difficulty understanding other people's perspectives than does Joey.
C) is exhibiting adolescent egocentrism, whereas Joey is not.
D) has developed cognitive theory of mind but not affective theory of mind, but Joey is well developed in both.
E) not yet capable of abstract thinking, whereas Joey is.