Question

Your 14-year-old nephew just walked in the door from school and told you that he is not going to go back to school. You ask why and he tells you that everyone laughed at him because he dropped his tray full of food as he was sitting down during lunch. Although you tried to help, he was inconsolable. Why? Your nephew was experiencing what David Elkind regarded as ____.

Answer 1

Imaginary audience.

Step-by-step explanation:

Although you tried to help, he was inconsolable. Your nephew was experiencing what David Elkind regarded as the imaginary audience. David Elkind proposed this psychological term to refer to the feelings that adolescents experience. Adolescents feel that they are under constant surveillance of family, and peers. This is the reason why this adolescent is inconsolable.