The formal operational stage begins at approximately age twelve and lasts into adulthood. During this time, people develop the ability to think about abstract concepts. Skills such as logical thought, deductive reasoning, and systematic planning also emerge during this stage. An example from the movie could be when Malinda is told to pick an object out of a hat in art and draw it by the end of the year. Me being an artist I see it as a way to be more abstract. Just drawing a tree isn’t what the teacher is wanting from Malinda. Plus, I feel that he knows she is shy and doesn’t talk much so he is challenging her to use art to speak her mind. Adolescent egocentrism is the phenomenon of adolescents ' inability to distinguish between their perception of what others think about them and what people think in reality. Adolescent egocentrism usually appears around 11 or 12 years of age and tapers off around 15 or 16 years. Adolescent egocentrism underlies many common tween and teen behaviors. For instance, adolescents often spend hours preening themselves because they think, "everyone will notice if I don 't look good." They also become highly upset when they experience a minor embarrassment, such …show more content…
The personal fable is the adolescent 's belief that he or she is highly special and unlike anyone else who has ever walked the earth. Colloquially, these individuals are known as "special snowflakes." In other words, the adolescent thinks that since others are so obviously fascinated by him, he must be a unique individual. An example from the movie is the popular group, the “Martha’s”, think that they are amazing and deserve a lot, or considered special. They even said that Malinda has problems and they don’t want her to sit at their table, as if it was going to hurt their