A 13-year-old breaks up with his first girlfriend and he is very upset. no one can console him, because he believes that no one else has ever been hurt as badly as he has. the boy's beliefs are consistent with

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A 13-year-old breaks up with his first girlfriend and he is very upset. no one can console him, because he believes that no one else has ever been hurt as badly as he has. the boy's beliefs are consistent with

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Kennedy Spears · Answer 1

Adolescent egocentrism. is a term that David Elkind used to describe the tendency for adolescents to have differing perceptions between what they believe others think about them and what other people actually think about them. According to David Elkind, adolescent egocentrism results in two consequential mental constructions, which are maginary audience and personal fable.

Dillon Spears · Answer 2

His beliefs are consistent with adolescent egocentrism.

adolescent egocentrism refers to the false ability to distinguish what adolescents believe other people's thought about them and what other people actually think. In general, average persons still experience this false sense untill entering mid twenties.