Egocentrism
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Egocentrism (Latin ego "I" and centrum "center") refers to the trait of the human character of seeing oneself as the center and, usually associated with this, an exaggerated self-centeredness (not to be confused with egoism) and the tendency to constantly measure other people and things against oneself and one's own perspective.
Egocentrism' is used to describe an "egocentrism of perception", which refers to the inability to put oneself in the place of another, or to adopt the perspective of another, and to take one's own view as one among several. It is specifically a characteristic of the child and, according to Jean Piaget, is defined as "a lack of distinction between the self and external reality." This confusion "eventually leads to the primacy of one's own point of view".
A worldview-based form of egocentrism is solipsism.
In psychopathology, egocentric reactions stand for self-centering in the form that patients put themselves in the center and are ego-centered, i.e. relate everything to their person. It is considered in psychoanalysis as another form of personality change besides regression. Pathological egocentrism is diagnosed primarily in personality disorders such as dissocial, narcissistic or histrionic personality disorder.
See also
- Egomania
- Egopathy
