Sylvia and her mother are fighting, yet again. Sylvia is fourteen years old and does not want to wear the new hat and mittens her mother bought her. Sylvia's mother says it is winter and is insisting Sylvia wear the hat and mittens to school. Sylvia screams, “Everyone will notice and make fun of me!” This thinking on Sylvia's part reflects:
A. formal operational thinking
B. adolescent egocentrism
C. abstract reasoning abilities
D. the onset of puberty
B. adolescent egocentrism
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