Seventeen-year-old gina typically makes good decisions and stays out of trouble. her parents were surprised one night to discover that gina had snuck out of the house, knowing that if she were caught, she would be grounded and would lose driving privileges and the use of her cell phone. when questioned about her decision to sneak out, gina told her parents that her best friend was having a hard time, so gina "had to" go talk to her at 3:00

a.m. nothing else mattered, she told her parents. gina seemed to have made her decision to sneak out based on _________ thinking. egocentric analytic formal operational intuitive

Analytic, formal, and operational thinking are all rational and incorporate the knowledge of known data and facts when thinking about something. Egocentric thinking is the "normal tendency for a young child to see everything that happens as it relates to him- or herself", but it is NOT selfishness. Intuitive thinking is "a feeling (a sense) that doesn't use rational processes such as facts and data. Good intuition comes from years of knowledge and experience that allows you to understand how people and the world works. Many situations are intuitive. Some aren't."

It's most likely egocentric thinking.