“…They seek to distance themselves from others, are quarrelsome, less caring, and less cooperative (Moskowitz, 2010; Smith et al, 2004; Wiggins & Broughton, 1991). According to multiple theories, cognitive egocentrism underlies social egocentrism (Baron-Cohen, Leslie, & Frith, 1985; Galinsky et al, 2005; Piaget, 1932) and we therefore predicted systematic relations between interpersonal coldness and a very basic form of cognitive egocentrism (Wapner & Werner, 1957) that, we think, holds great promise as a probe of it.…”