Hector, an adolescent, often engages in rash driving. Though he has witnessed several of his friends getting hurt, he feels that such an eventuality will never happen to him. His friends have advised him not to drive while drinking. However, Hector believes that he is different from everyone else, and no one can understand how he really feels. Explain Hector's behavior using the adolescent egocentrism approach.
What will be an ideal response?
Students' answers may vary.
According to Elkind, the personal fable is the part of adolescent egocentrism involving a sense of uniqueness and invincibility. Because of this feeling of invincibility, which can have both "danger" and "psychological" components, Hector may innately believe that he is invulnerable to car crashes, which in his mind seem to only happen to other people. This sense of personal uniqueness also makes Hector believe that no one can understand how he really feels, though many could and likely have experienced similar emotions and thoughts.
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