Jamal Believes That His Ideas and Feelings Are Unique and Special

question 38

Multiple Choice

Jamal believes that his ideas and feelings are unique and special. He believes that he can conquer the world and that nothing seriously harmful or injurious can ever happen to him. While he logically knows he can't live forever, emotionally he feels and acts like he is going to. This is due to ______.

• A) the personal fable
• B) the imaginary audience
• C) the dream
• D) the adolescent transition

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Definitions:

Secondary Circular Reactions

The repetition of actions that produce an interesting effect, part of Piaget's theory of cognitive development in infants, occurring roughly between 4 to 8 months of age.

Simple Reflexes

Inborn automatic responses to certain stimuli that are present from birth, such as the sucking reflex in infants.

Mental Representations

Internal cognitive symbols that represent external reality, allowing individuals to process information and make sense of the world.

Primary Circular Reactions

Repetitive actions focused on the body that infants engage in by chance and then continue because they find them pleasurable, marking a stage in sensorimotor development.