alleryA teen believes that bad things cannot happen to them because they are special. Which idea is this?
AImaginary audience
BMagical thinking
CPersonal fable
DTransitive inference
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Personal fable
1. The teen thinks of themselves as exceptional.
2. Piaget's followers call this belief the personal fable.
3. Imaginary audience is different: it is the belief of being watched.
_Source: Wikipedia, Piaget's theory of cognitive development, Formal operational stage_
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