▁study ▁of ▁American ▁children ▁raised ▁in ▁urban ▁environments , ▁among ▁whom ▁it ▁appears ▁to ▁emer ge ▁between ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁ 3 ▁and ▁ 5 ▁years ▁as ▁an ▁acquired ▁perspective . ▁Children ' s ▁rec ourse ▁to ▁anth rop oc ent ric ▁thinking ▁seems ▁to ▁vary ▁with ▁their ▁experience ▁of ▁nature , ▁and ▁cultural ▁assumptions ▁about ▁the ▁place ▁of ▁humans ▁in ▁the ▁natural ▁world . ▁For ▁example , ▁whereas ▁young ▁children ▁who ▁kept ▁gold fish ▁were ▁found ▁to ▁think ▁of ▁fro gs ▁as ▁being ▁more ▁gold fish - like , ▁other ▁children ▁t ended ▁to ▁think ▁of ▁fro gs ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁humans . ▁More ▁generally , ▁children ▁raised ▁in ▁rural ▁environments ▁appear ▁to ▁use ▁anth rop oc ent ric ▁thinking ▁less ▁than ▁their ▁urban ▁counter parts ▁because ▁of ▁their ▁greater ▁familiar ity ▁with ▁different ▁species ▁of ▁animals ▁and ▁plants . ▁Studies ▁involving ▁children ▁from ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁pe op les ▁of ▁the ▁Amer icas ▁have ▁found ▁little ▁use ▁of ▁anth rop oc ent ric ▁thinking . ▁Study ▁of ▁children ▁among ▁the ▁W ich í ▁people ▁in ▁South ▁America ▁showed ▁a ▁t endency ▁to ▁think ▁of ▁living ▁organ isms ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁their ▁perce ived ▁tax onom ic ▁similar ities , ▁e colog ical ▁consider ations , ▁and ▁anim istic ▁trad itions , ▁resulting ▁in ▁a ▁much ▁less ▁anth rop oc ent ric ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁natural ▁world ▁than ▁is ▁experienced ▁by ▁many ▁children ▁in ▁Western ▁soci eties . ▁ ▁In ▁popular ▁culture ▁ ▁In ▁fiction ▁from ▁all ▁er as