Question

Sixteen-year-old Andre was helping his parents clean the windows. Unfortunately, one of the panes of glass nearby fell out of the window opening and left a cut on Andre’s nose as he caught it. Andre is upset because now he is convinced his classmates will notice it and poke fun of him at school. Which of the following concepts best underlies Andre’s thinking?a) the imaginary audience
b) reversibility
c) naïve idealism
d) the personal fable

Answer 1

Answer:

The imaginary audience.

Explanation:

The thinking of the individual arise by its experience and incident that has occurred. The individual can imagine different things in his imagination and may create the new idea.

Andre helps in clearing the windows but suddenly the window pane broke and leaves a cut on her nose. Andre thinks that her classmates will poke and make fun. The Andre is thinking of the imaginary audience. The audience is her school classmates and in her imagination she has imagined that she will be made fun by the audience.

Thus, the correct answer is option (a).