adolescent psychology.. 1

today learn 2 term... that is...
1. imaginary audience
2. personal fable
both this 2 term also refer to adolescent's egocentrism. haiz...

imaginary audience refer to an egocentric state where an individual imagines and believes that multitudes of people are enthusiastically listening to him or her at all times. Though this state is often exhibited in young adolescence, people of any age may harbor a belief in an imaginary audience.

summary: thinking peoples always keep an eye, looking at him or her where he or she is in the main of attraction. we say as 'on stage'.


In extreme cases, belief in an imaginary audience can lead to paranoia as the sufferer believes he or she is being watched by an invisible audience at all times. Fearing that he or she is being observed and evaluated, such an individual may develop a phobia of making mistakes or looking foolish in public.


personal fable refer to characterized by an over-differentiating of one's experiences and feelings from others to the point of assuming those experiences are unique from those of others. A person might believe that he is the only one who can experience whatever feelings of joy, horror, misery, or confusion he might encounter.

summary: keep on thinking people not understand his or her feeling, no one know what they feel, how they think etc... (i said it as self-pitying. haha...)

btw, definaion copy from wikipedia, summary i write it mself. haha...