adolescent egocentrism
Adolescent Egocentrism Egocentrism is usually characterized by a preoccupation with your own world. This, egocentrism, is found during every stage of Jean Piaget’s cognitive development. So, you could say that egocentrism is a byproduct of new ways of thinking found through cognitive development. This is because we try to apply higher forms of thinking, and while we eventually get it, at first we misuse it. In each stage it presents itself in a new way. Egocentrism starts in Jean Piaget’s sensorimotor stage as a baby. This egocentrism is shown through the belief that things are gone when taken out of view. This is egocentric because, if you are reading this, essay you understand object permanence. Egocentrism develops throughout the stages and is at its peak in multiple ways at the beginning of the formal operational stage. Egocentrism from the formal operational stage happens during adolescence, so it will be referred to here-on as adolescent egocentrism. Adolescent egocentrism is manifested in several ways; personal fable, invulnerability, and imaginary audience. Personal fable comes from the thought that we are unique. This is because we think that our ideas, thoughts, and actions are ours alone. This develops so far that we convince ourselves of our originality. This is a personal fable. This usually goes along with feelings of invulnerability. This is because of our optimistic bias. Optimistic bias is the idea that bad things are more likely to happen to other people. Optimistic bias comes from the idea that we are unique and this causes our feeling of invulnerability. While it may seem, at this point, that egocentrism makes you feel good, that is because imaginary audience hasn’t been explained. Imaginary audience is the idea that people are judging and watching our every move. You may know someone who is watching your actions and looking to announce your mistakes, but not many people and not all your actions. This imaginary audience comes from the new