Fifteen-year-old Evelyn believes that everyone is watching and evaluating everything that she does. In David Elkind's adolescent egocentrism framework, this hypersensitivity to the opinions of others is called:

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The hypersensitivity to the opinions of others that Evelyn is experiencing is called the imaginary audience in David Elkind's adolescent egocentrism framework. The imaginary audience refers to the belief that everyone is constantly watching and evaluating our behavior, just like an audience watching a performance. This can lead to feelings of self-consciousness and pressure to conform to social norms. Choice A (the personal fable) is characterized by the belief that one is unique and invincible, while choice B (preoperational development) and choice D (concrete operations) refer to stages in Piaget's cognitive development theory, which are not directly related to adolescent egocentrism.

Fifteen-Year-Old Evelyn Believes That Everyone Is Watching and Evaluating Everything