On a whim, 16-year-old Bre decided to get a short haircut. When she walks into school the next day, she feels as if everyone in the entire school is watching her. This is most likely an example of
A) personal fable.
B) abstract thought.
C) reflective thinking.
D) imaginary audience.
D) imaginary audience. The imaginary audience is the belief that other people are just as concerned with one's behavior, feelings, thoughts, and appearance as they are themselves. This leads to a sometimes excruciating degree of self-consciousness. Many adolescents feel "on stage," as if everyone else were noticing every embarrassing thing they do.
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