Lawrence, age 15, thought he had prepared for his final exams; however, when he got his scores he was disappointed. Rather than
reviewing the areas of the test where he did not fare so well, Lawrence confronted his teacher with a verbal lashing and accused the teacher of being "out to get him." Lawrence's behavior could be considered an example of______________.
The term was originated by David Elkind, a child psychologist. Adolescent egocentrism according to David is the phenomenon which describes the adolescents' inability to perceive reality such the adolescent is not able to distinguish between they perceive about what people think about them and what really does apply regarding what people actually think about them. This is seen in the above example where the adolescent assumes he is smart and aced the exam but the teacher failed him or wants him to fail
