➤ Why do imaginary audience and personal fable appear during formal operational thought?
These tendencies arise from rising abstract thought and heightened self-reflection. Adolescents can imagine others’ perspectives but may overestimate social attention, creating an imaginary audience. They also form grand narratives about the self, the personal fable, which fuels feelings of uniqueness and risk-taking. Both link to identity formation and social cognition development.
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