11. A study was completed on 163 undergraduate students to examine the adolescent egocentrism in college students. 12. It was found that adolescent egocentrism was more prevalent in the female population than the male. 13. It has been suggested that egocentrism plays a significant role in this lack of risk evaluation. 14. "I coined the word technocentrism from Piaget's use of the word egocentrism . 15. His opponents on the committee refused to accept this, and accused him of egocentrism and dictatorship. 16. Students were asked to complete a self-report questionnaire to determine the level of egocentrism present. 17. Egocentrism occurs when a child is unable to distinguish between their own perspective and that of another person.18. These two types of social thinking begin to affect a child's egocentrism in the concrete stage. 19. Baron and Hanna looked at 152 participants and tested to see how the presence of depression affected egocentrism . 20. The onset of adolescent egocentrism tends to occur at about age 11 13 which is considered early adolescence.