Re: Elkind's views -- Adolescent Psychology Applied to Education

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Subject: Re: Elkind's views

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A.J. Stich

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Date Posted: 18:05:48 02/16/08 Sat
In reply to: Danielle Murphy 's message, "Elkind's views" on 21:00:26 02/10/08 Sun

I agree heartily with this post. I remember reading about the egocentric perspective whereby the teenager assumes everyone in the room is watching them. From my own experiences as an adolescent, I have distinct memories of feeling like everyone knew when my hair was out of place. Also, this perspective is easily recognizable in nickelodeon cinema, mainly The Wonder Years. How many short episodes were there when Kevin Arnold daydreamed others all eyes on himself.

I wonder if adolescents would act differently if they were cogniscent of the principles.

>It was interesting to read through Elkind's theories
>on adolescent development and egocentrism. His
>theories suggest that there are two types of social
>thinking involved in adolescent egocentrism: imaginary
>audience and personal fable. This phase can also
>involve a sense of invincibility. The idea of
>adolescent egocentrism can account for a lot of the
>hard to understand behavior that adolescents and
>teenagers exhibit. I can remember being in high school
>and being so self-conscious because I really did
>believe that everyone in school was looking at me. As
>an adult, you look back and realize how irrational
>those thoughts and feelings were, but at the time they
>seemed so real and overwhelming. No wonder I fought
>with my parents so much!

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