Marsha Is Refusing to Go to School Because Her Mother

question 95

Multiple Choice

Marsha is refusing to go to school because her mother wants her to wear the new sweater her grandmother bought her for her birthday.Marsha dramatically throws herself across her bed and pleads,"If I wear that new sweater,everyone in the whole school will call me a dork and I'll never be able to show my face in school again!" Marsha's behavior is a typical aspect of:

• A) adolescent egocentrism.
• B) abstract thought.
• C) hypothetical reasoning.
• D) a personal fable.

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