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Young children across the globe enjoy playing games of hide and seek. For them, there’s something highly exciting about _______ someone else’s glance and making oneself unable to be seen.

However, we all witness that preschool children are remarkably _______ at hiding. They often cover only their eyes with their hands, leaving the rest of their bodies _______.

For a long time, this ineffective hiding method was _______ as evidence that children are hopelessly “egocentric” (自我中心的) creatures. But our _______ research results in child developmental psychology _______ that idea.

We brought young children aged 2-4 into our Minds in Development Lab at USC. Each _______ sat down with an adult who covered her own eyes or _______. We then asked the child if she could _______ or hear the adult. Surprisingly, children replied that they couldn’t. The same __________ happened when the adult covered her own mouth: __________ children said that they couldn’t __________ to her.

A number of __________ ruled out that the children misunderstood what they were being asked. The results were clear: Our young subjects __________ the questions and knew __________ what was asked of them. Their __________ to the questions reflected their true __________ that “I can see you only if you can see me, too.” They simply __________ mutual (相互的) recognition and regard. Our __________ suggest when a child “hides” by putting a blanket over her head, it is not a result of egocentrism. In fact, children consider this method __________ when others use it.