Selman's Role-Taking
Levels

Level 0. Ego-centric (4 years).
Everyone else's feelings and thoughts are just like their own. Little understanding of others. Children do not yet distinguish between their own perspective and that of others. Assume that other people have feelings and thoughts that are more or less identical to their own.

Level 1.Subjective (6-8 years).
Children realize that other people think or feel differently because they are in a different situation or because they have in their possession different kinds of information. They also realize that people may have different interpretations of the same event. However the children have difficulty thinking about their own and others' perspectives at the same time, and they cannot put themselves in the position of the other person in judging what the other person thinks or feels. still ego-centric. Can't think about own thoughts and feelings and those of others at the same time. So, their own feelings take precedence.

Level 2.Self-reflective (8-10 years).
Children become aware that people think or feel differently not just because they may be in a different situation or have different information, but also because each person may have her or his own particular values and interests. At this stage, children realize that their perspective is not necessarily the only right or valid one, and they can put themselves in the other person's place, realizing that the other person can do the same thing with regard to them. Thus, children begin to think about how others view them and to anticipate how others will react to their own actions and ideas.

Level 3. Mutual (Children over 10).
They can think about their own point of view and that of others simultaneously. Dissonance. Situational friendships. Children are able not only to differentiate their own perspective from that of other people, they can also think about their own point of view and that of another person simultaneously.