Question

Gina has a bruise on her leg. she turned down an invitation to a swim party, explaining "i can't possibly wear a swim suit with this ugly bruise. everyone will notice how ugly i look!". gina's response reveals that her thinking is characterized by:

Answer 1

it reveals that her thinking is characterized by: the imaginary audience
the imaginary audience refers to a state/condition when an individual imagines the he/she became the center of attention in a social situtaion.
.This type of thinking often resulted in a very biased perspective that does not represent real situation, because all of the response in her imaginary audiences are derived from ther personal opinion.

Answer 2

Based on the scenario above, Gina's response reveals that her way of thinking is characterized by an imaginary audience. An imaginary audience is being referred to as having to imagine and believe that the people are likely to be looking or listening to the person imagining it. This kind of state is usually exhibited by young adolescence.