Josh is a 17-year-old teenager who is known by his classmates as "the daredevil." Josh takes extreme risks that often threaten himself and others, but he feels invulnerable to those risks

This is due to Josh's ______________ in which he paints himself as a careful person that is always in control.
a. personal fable c. adolescent metacognition
b. imaginary audience d. adolescent egocentrism


a

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