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Adolescent Egocentrism

Piaget's theory's have proved helpful for the understanding of children's behavior, one area he observed was adolescents. He came up with the concept that during this period the egocentric stage reappears. The main aspect of this stage is more of a social and cognitive emphasize as well as a personal fable and the creation of an imaginaive audience (Santrock 2007). During this stage the adolescent tends to create a belief that they are on stage and the world is an audience they feel as if they are constantly being watched and the people surrounding them are interested solely on them this is also why many Adolescents spend hours in the mirror putting on make up or fixing their hair. An example of the imaginary audience concept is when a young boy or girl gets a pimple, for an adolescent they feel as if everyone is aware that they have a pimple on their face and treat it like it's a tragedy, when in reality people surrounding them are most likely not even......

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