When Tanya comes home from the 10th grade dance in tears, she runs right to her room and slams the door. When her mother knocks to ask her what is wrong, she yells, "I can't believe he broke up with me at a dance! I don't want to talk about it. Nobody could EVER understand how I feel right now!" Tanya's belief that her experience is unique and that nobody has ever experienced a similarly painful

break-up demonstrates

a. the personal fable.
b. the illusion of invulnerability.
c. adolescent egocentrism.
d. the imaginary audience.


a

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