Victoria has just started seventh grade. She wants this year to go better than the last one in middle school. She searched and searched for just the right outfit to wear the first day of school. Once she got to school she remembered that she forgot to put on the scarf that she felt tied the entire outfit together. For the whole day, Victoria felt like everyone was commenting on what was missing from her outfit. Victoria is illustrating ______.

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Victoria is illustrating the imaginary audience, a common adolescent belief that others are constantly observing and judging them, often leading to heightened self-consciousness.

Victoria Has Just Started Seventh Grade