Adolescent Egocentrism and the Illusion of Transparency: Are Adolescents as Egocentric as we Might Think?

dc.cclicenceCC-BY-NC-NDen
dc.contributor.authorRai, Roshanen
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Peteren
dc.contributor.authorKadar, Tasleemen
dc.contributor.authorMackenzie, Lauraen
dc.date.acceptance2014-12-11en
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-03T14:36:43Z
dc.date.available2017-04-03T14:36:43Z
dc.date.issued2014-12-11
dc.description.abstractThe illusion of transparency, or people’s tendency to believe their thoughts and feelings as more apparent to others than they actually are, was used to investigate adolescent egocentrism. Contrary to previous research demonstrating heightened adolescent egocentrism, adolescents exhibited similar levels of egocentrism to adults. In experiment 1, 13-14 year-olds and adult participants both truthfully described and lied about a series of pictures. Both adolescent and adult liars indicated that they were more confident that other participants would know when they were lying, than other participants actually indicated. In experiment 2, 13-14 year-olds, 15-16 year-olds and adult participants read to an audience. The illusion of transparency effect manifested itself differently according to gender: Female participants indicating that they looked more nervous than audiences thought, whilst male participants indicating that they were more entertaining than audiences thought. Results were interpreted using simulation theory, and suggested that adolescents might not be as egocentric as previously thought.en
dc.funderN/Aen
dc.identifier.citationRai, R. et al. (2016) Adolescent Egocentrism And The Illusion Of Transparency: Are Adolescents As Egocentric As We Might Think? Current Psychology, 35 (3), pp. 285-294en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-014-9293-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/13994
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidN/Aen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.researchgroupPsychologyen
dc.researchinstituteInstitute for Psychological Scienceen
dc.subjectEgocentrismen
dc.subjectIllusion of transparencyen
dc.subjectTheory of Minden
dc.subjectSimulation theoryen
dc.subjectPersonal fableen
dc.subjectImaginary audienceen
dc.subjectadolescenceen
dc.subjectAdulthooden
dc.titleAdolescent Egocentrism and the Illusion of Transparency: Are Adolescents as Egocentric as we Might Think?en
dc.typeArticleen

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