As formal-operational thinking switches on, teens gain the power to think about what others think — and turn it on themselves. David Elkind (1967) named the two results: the imaginary audience (everyone is watching me) and the personal fable (I'm unique, and the rules don't apply to me). Read each real thought and spot which one it is.
Inside the teen's mind
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A real teen thought
Two faces of one mindBoth habits grow out of Piaget's formal operational stage: the new ability to think about thinking gets aimed at the self — but the teen can't yet separate their own preoccupations from what others actually think. Tap the label that fits the thought above.