Freddy is a teenager and is arguing with his mother about borrowing the car for Friday night. Out of frustration, Freddy states, "Mom, you don't know what it feels like to be a teenager

You have no clue what I'm going through, and how not having a car on Friday night is going to kill my social life. I swear, no one will be drinking at the party. Why don't you believe me?" Which of the following best describes the cognitive limitation Freddy is experiencing?
egocentrism
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the personal fable
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imaginary audience
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decentration
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the personal fable

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