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A review of the literature was conducted on two aspects of adolescent egocentrism: the imaginary audience and the personal fable. Results yielded contradictory findings in most areas of the research. Reasons for these contradictions are explored and suggestions for future research presented.
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Two hundred and seventy-two preadolescent males and females aged 9-11 were administered a paper and pencil questionnaire designed to assess their degree of parent-peer compliance. On a majority of the items, youths in this age group were clearly parent compliant. There was, however, a significant age trend in the direction of peer compliance, with males demonstrating the greatest degree of change. Results are discussed in terms of their relationship to the previous literature.
Young (M = 25 years) and older (M = 61 years) backgammon players with equal experience reconstructed photographs of structured game positions shown for either 2 or 5 s. Reconstruction occurred either immediately or following a 15-s interpolated delay, during which a second photograph was shown. Reconstruction was completed on a backgammon board with all game pieces available. Recall was more accurate for younger players with a 2-s viewing time, but the age difference disappeared when viewing time was increased to 5 s. Interpolated processing decreased accuracy equally for both age groups. Results were interpreted to mean that although older adults took longer to encode information on this task, memory consolidation for both age groups was equally efficient.