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Essay Galaxy - Adolescent Egocentrism
Adolescent Egocentrism
My observation took place at my boyfriend's house, who has a fifteen year old sister. I watched a total of eight adolescents, five girls and three boys, for about an hour. They had just returned from their freshman homecoming dance and it was a little after midnight. They were all still dressed in their suits and dresses, and very excited. Adolescent egocentrism is a form of thinking that involves 1)the belief that others are preoccupied with the adolescent, 2)that the adolescent is unique and 3)that the adolescent is indestructible.
The first example of egocentrism that I observed was one that relates to the idea that adolescents are indestructible. I was talking to the teens about what everyone else was doing after homecoming. They told me that the other kids were all going to a party at this guys house and getting drunk. The same boy a....
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