Examples of egocentrism in the following topics:
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- When the speaker views the audience only through her mental perception, she is likely to engage in egocentrism.
- Egocentrism is characterized by the preoccupation with one's own internal world.
- Egocentrics regard themselves and their own opinions or interests as being the most important or valid.
- Egocentric people are unable to fully understand or cope with other people's opinions and a reality that is different from what they are ready to accept.
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- There is an art to truly constructive criticism, since one can have good intentions but poor delivery ("I don't know why my girlfriend keeps getting mad when I tell her to stop with the fries already; I'm just concerned about her weight"), or egocentric intentions but appropriate delivery ("I'm sick of my subordinate coming in late for work, so I took her aside and we had a long, compassionate talk about her work-life balance.
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- However, you will want to guard against introducing your own egocentric biases into the observation.