Ricardo is a 16-year-old who recently survived a terrible car wreck with his father, who also survived. However, Ricardo was badly injured with a small but deep cut in his cheek that he had to have stitches in. Because of this, he does not want to go to play in the district golf match he has worked hard for all year because he is worried everyone will be looking at his injury. Ricardo's emphasis on imagining what others would be thinking about his face and stitches is an example of his Group of answer choices

Adolescent egocentrism

Explanation:

Ricardo's emphasis on imagining what others would be thinking about his face and stitches is an example of his adolescent egocentrism.

Adolescent egocentrism is a phenomenon that occurs when an individual is unable to differentiate what other people think about him or her and what in reality they think.

absolute poverty the condition of having too little income to buy the necessities-- food, shelter, clothing, health care.

achieved status a social position (status) obtained through an individual's own talents and efforts.

affirmative action the requirement that employers make special efforts to recruits hire and promote qualified members of previously excluded groups including women and minorities.

aggregate a collection of unrelated people who do not know one another but who may occupy a common space--for example, a crowd of people crossing a city street.

agrarian societies societies in which large scale cultivation using plows and draft animals is the primary means of subsistence.

alienation the separation or estrangement of individuals from themselves and from others.

amalgamation the biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

anomalies in science observations or problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

anomie a breakdown or confusion in the norms, values, and culture of a group or a society. a condition of relative normlessness.

anomie theory the theory suggesting that deviance and crime occur when there is an acute gap between cultural norms and goals and the socially structured opportunities for individuals to achieve those goals.

anticipatory socialization the process of taking on the attitudes values and behaviors of a status or role one expects to occupy in the future.

apartheid the recent policy of racial separation in south africa enforced by leg

explanation:

answer is b shrapnel injuries