Recent research on adolescent egocentrism (e.g., Bell and Bromnick, 2003) suggests that teens are most worried about how they present themselves in public because of concerns regarding a(n) _____ audience.

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Recent research on adolescent egocentrism suggests that teens are most worried about how they present themselves in public because of concerns regarding a real audience, meaning people who are actually present and observing them. This is in contrast to an imaginary audience, which refers to a perceived audience that exists only in the teen's mind. Adult or overly supportive audiences may also be a concern, but the emphasis in the research cited is on the reality of the audience, hence choice D.

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