Tiffany is aware that unprotected sex can lead to pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, but she tells her friends that if she became sexually active, she knows nothing bad would happen to her. Elkind would see this as an example of
A) counterfactual thinking.
B) a personal fable.
C) metacognition.
D) the imaginary audience.
Answer: B
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