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THE RESULTS

IMAGINARY AUDIENCE

IS THIS NORMAL??

IT IS PERFECTLY NORMAL FOR TEENAGERS TO EXPERIENCE THIS AS IT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF GROWING UP AND BUILDING A PERSONALITY. HOWEVER, SOONER OR LATER (AFTER HIGH SCHOOL) THIS PERSON SHOULD REALIZE THAT PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY PAY THAT MUCH OF CLOSE ATTENTION TO THEM AND THEY SHOULD GROW OUT OF IT.

ZEINA EL SAYAD

THE EFFECTS

  • LOW SELF-ESTEEM
  • IDENTITY INTEGRATION (MANAGING MANY VIEWS OF ONE'S IDENTITY)
  • LOW LOVABILITY: THE PERSON MAY THINK THAT THEY ARE NOT WORTH RECEIVING LOVE DUE TO THEIR LACK OF WORTH
  • FRAGILE PERSONALITY: THEY THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL ONLY LOVE THEM BASED ON SUPERFICIAL POINTS SUCH AS HOW THEY LOOK

ELKIND AND BOWEN, AMONG OTHERS, USED AN IMAGINARY AUDIENCE SCALE (WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO SUB-SCALES) TO ASSESS THIS MENTAL CONCEPT AMONG A TEST GROUP OF DIFFERENT SEX AND AGES.

THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT GIRLS WERE MORE RELUCTANT THAN BOYS TO SHOW AN AUDIENCE THEIR TRUE SELVES. THE RESULTS ALSO SHOWED THAT THE IMAGINARY AUDIENCE HITS ITS PEAK AROUND

GRADE 8 ADOLESCENTS.

IMAGINARY AUDIENCE DEFINITION

THE IMAGINARY AUDIENCE PHENOMENON WAS CREATED BY DAVID ELKIND. DAVID ELKIND WAS A PSYCHOLOGIST AND AN EDUCATOR WHO MAINLY STUDIED CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. ELKIND IS MOST FAMOUSLY KNOWN FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PSYCHOLOGY WHEN HE EXPANDED ON PIAGET'S THOERIES.

  • A PHENOMENON CREATED BY DAVID ELKIND
  • A STATE WHERE A PERSON BELIEVES THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTIVELY AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY LISTENING OR WATCHING HIM/HER TO JUDGE THEM.
  • IT IS MOST COMMONLY FOUND IN TEENAGERS. BUT ADULTS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE THIS.
  • IT'S A CRITICAL MENTAL PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE AS THE LINE BECOMES BLURRY BETWEE REALITY AND WHAT A PERSON IMAGINES.

POSSIBLE CAUSES

EXAMPLE 1: MALAK FEELS THAT HER HAIR DOESN'T LOOK GOOD TODAY, SO SHE SPENDS AN HOUR TRYING TO GROOM IT AND THEN WEARS A HAT DURING SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE FEELS THAT EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT HER.

EXAMPLE 2: NOUR FEELS THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING FUN OF HER BODY DURING THE DANCE, SO SHE BORROWS AND EXTREMELY LARGE HOODIE TO COVER HER DRESS. BUT NO ONE WAS EVEN LOOKING AT HER.

SOURCES:

  • A PERSON MAY ALREADY HAVE LOW SELF-ESTEEM SO THEY FOCUS ON THEIR FLAWS
  • ONE MAY HAVE A SENSE OF PUBLIC INDIVIDUATION SO THEY VIEW THEMSELVES AS BEING AN OUTCAST OR APART FROM SOCIETY
  • PEOPLE SURROUNDING THEM MAY HAVE A STRONGER PERSONALITY

THANK YOU

FOR WATCHING!

https://ryanholiday.net/the-imaginary-audience/

http://psychology.jrank.org/pages/210/David-Elkind.html

EXAMPLE 3: ADAM REALLY WANTS TO ATTEND HIS FRIEND'S POOL PARTY. SO HE GOES BUT FEELS THAT EVERYONE IS MAKING FUN OF HIS INTONED BODY AND DOESN'T TAKE HIS SHIRT OFF OR GO INTO THE POOL. EVERYONE WAS JUST LAUGHING BECAUSE BOB FELL INTO THE POOL.

EXAMPLE 4: SUE IS WORRIED THAT EVERYONE SECRETLY MAKES FUN OF HER FOR FAILING AN EXAM SO SHE STAYS UP ALL NIGHT TO STUDY FOR THE NEXT QUIZ. BUT SUE IS ACTUALLY ON OF THE TOP STUDENTS IN GRADE 9.

https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/SDT/documents/1994_RyanKuczkowski_JOP.pdf

http://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0012-1649.15.1.38

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