A 13-year-old breaks up with his first girlfriend and he is very upset.No one can console him, because he believes that no one else has ever been hurt as badly as he has.The boy's beliefs are consistent with
A)prepubertal romance.
B)adolescent egocentrism.
C)transductive reasoning.
D)separation anxiety.

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Adolescent egocentrism is the tendency for adolescents to focus solely on their own experiences and perspective. The boy's belief that no one else has ever been hurt as badly as he has is an example of this kind of thinking. This is likely his first experience with the end of a romantic relationship, and he may not yet have developed the ability to understand that others have also gone through similar experiences.

A 13-Year-Old Breaks Up with His First Girlfriend and He