Narcissism Analysis

“For two hours tonight, he sits in between his parents with his arms spread out and draped behind their backs. He holds the tops of each of their heads and they nod and blankly drone on about what a wonder and a gift

What is narcissism? There is no specific definition for it. In psychology, narcissism is a negative and bad character trait. Narcissists have an excessive pride and they obsess with self. In other words, they think they are better than others and only care about themselves. In fact, being confident can also be accused as narcissism. However, narcissism is more than self confidence. Nowadays, Generation Y is being claimed as narcissists and there are so many reason that the critics try to list it out to prove their claim. In my opinion, Generation Y is just adapt to the environment they are living right now. Accusing Millennials as narcissist is not accurate.

Candace, your discussion and definition of narcissism reminded of a former leader who embodied many of the same points. To make matters worse, I was a member of the interview committee who recommended hiring the person. During the interview, he was loud and confident of his skills but, at the same time, expressed how he wanted to grow into a leadership role and how he could improve himself to achieve such a goal. After much deliberation, he was offered and accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer of technology. It took only a couple weeks to realize our mistake.

Given the circumstances of the case we may just be getting introduced to a potential murderer. The issue at matter is that the man that has been accused of murder may not have been in full mental health at the time of the action. We are deciphering if he is mentally stable to be convicted of murder or if he should be sent to a correctional facility. Although the man confessed to the murder, he may not have been mentally responsible for the act in question. Given the circumstances of the mans mental state we are concerned considering he himself said that he has a “disease”.

Narcissism – the American way of thinking and we don't have to look far to find it. Todays celebrities flaunt their oversized egos and “too hot for you” bodies. Access Hollywood thrives on potential celebrity truths and gossip magazines. Society operate under the pleasure principle, accepting nothing less that what we deserve. We buy houses on easy credit with an APR of 18% or higher. Facebook has become a way of expressing ourselves. Clothing has become optional and we question how we got here? Jean M. Twenge and W. Keith Campbell, authors of The Narcissism Epidemic, have compiled enticing and compelling evidence for the development of culturally accepted narcissism. According to the two, there are more narcissists than ever; even non–narcissistic people are being seduced by cultural emphasis on material wealth, physical appearance, and celebrity gossip (Twenge & Campbell, 2009, pp. 1–2). Standards have shifted, trapping otherwise humble people into believing societies standards for success. Twenge and Campbell’s book was designed as a wake–up call. The two authors work together to uncover the truth behind societal narcissism, while revealing its long–term consequences.

As a member of the healthcare team, I solemnly promise that I will to the best of my ability: honor the Profession of medicine, be generous to its members, and help them provide care for the sick. I will give my teachers the respect and gratitude that they deserve and share my knowledge with others. I recognize that this practice is a privilege that comes with a great deal of responsibility and I will not abuse it. I pledge my life to the service of helping others and place my patients’ interest before my own. I will practice with honesty, integrity, and compassion working with physicians and my colleagues to meet the needs of my patients. When someone comes to me for help I will not ask if the patient is rich or poor, old or young. I will

Narcissism is a trait described as “having feelings of self-love and self-admiration, a general defensive orientation, and a constellation of attitudes that characterize a person's relationships with others such as feelings of entitlement involving the expectation of special privileges over others, special exemptions from normal social demands, suspiciousness, and jealousy” (Raskin & Terry, 1988, p. 890). The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) is the measure most commonly used to assess these traits of narcissism in one’s personality. When taking this measure I scored a 5, where the average score is 15.3, a low score is considered one close to 8.5, and an extremely low score is a 2 or below. Therefore, my level of narcissism as a personality

The Ellison, Levy, Cain, Ansell, and Pincus, (2013) study presupposed that narcissistic vulnerability was related to suppressing warning sign and outlooks of exhaustion, depression, terror, psychotic behavior, and sleeping disturbances. The Ellison, et al, (2013) research project projected that susceptibility and grandiose ground work of narcissism are linked to psychiatric indicators at assessment. Additionally, the collaboration of grandness and susceptibility was slightly associated to suicide and homicide ideation and configurations of transformation in sleep difficulties over the primary sequence of treatment (Ellison, et al, 2013).The Ellison et al, (2013) study reinforced the conception that a multidimensional narcissism hypothesis has scientific usefulness outside the DSM–IV depiction of narcissistic personality disorder, which concentrates completely on grandness (Ellison, et al, 2013).

The article defines Narcissistic Personality disorder according to the Diagnostic Statistic Manual-5 as a persuasive pattern of grandiosity, need for affirmation, and lack of empathy”. The author includes various sections that discuss details officers’ pre-employment processes as well as the evaluation given to determine any psychological defects. After physical test, background checks, polygraphs, and other interviews candidates are given psychological evaluations to confirm that they are mentally able to make reasonable decisions in high stress situations for the public. The first assessment given is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Invetory-2 (MMPI-2), which measures a police officer’s psyche. It consist of 567 questions that candidates

Narcissism is defined as excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one's physical appearance. This trait can be seen in many people and throughout all cultures. In many cases, narcissism is recognized in only those that seek a position of power. However this trait can be recognized differently between separate individuals . In the Tedx video “The Psychology of Narcissism”, Keith Campbell, explains the psychology of the narcissistic personality disorder in a descriptive speech.

The first two words that come to mind when thinking of narcissistic behavior are Facebook and selfies. I find that with social mediums like Facebook, many young adults, and adolescence are spending a lot of their waking life updating their status with selfies they've taken in order to present a certain image or selling a certain view of themselves. I think that exploring these applications can be very interesting from psychological/sociological view point. In fact, I'd find such applications very useful for conducting studies and experiments to better understand how socializing has shifted in recent years. It is very common to see people taking pictures of themselves during various stages of the day and posting their picks online via various mediums to gather approval from peers, validation, etc. It would be interesting to conduct a correlational study between levels of narcissistic behavior measured and hours spend on social mediums online to see if there is a correlation. My hypothesis would be that the more one partakes in selfies and time put into social applications like Facebook, the higher the tendencies for narcissistic behavior, particularly those who check their statuses at an alarmingly high rate.

Many people want to know if they should warn their ex partner’s new target and let them know exactly what they are letting themselves in for.  Most kind hearted people don’t want to see others going through the same sort of pain that they, themselves, have endured.  They feel that by warning the narcissist’s new target, they will be believed and the new partner will kick them to the kerb and move on with their life relatively unscathed and forever grateful.  Think again.

I believe two of the Western trends that play key roles in the rise of narcissistic behavior starts with how children are being raised and the effect fast-growing social media has on these kids. As a parent, I try to read various, recent articles on the topic of raising children and how/what I should change to 1.) become a better parent, and 2.) raise a healthy, self-sufficient child. As I compare my parenting style with that of how I was raised, there are some similarities, but mostly differences. Millennials are accused of praising their children too much and allowing them to do whatever they want. Parents are quoted saying, “I try not to say no...” stating too much control can weigh down a child’s creativity

The article I chose for this critique was “Narcissism and Social Networking Web Sites” written by Laura E. Buffardi and W. Keith Campbell from the University of Georgia. This article is based on an experiment that was taken place to prove whether others could perceive a narcissistic individual as a narcissist through observing their social media sites. This experiment was a correlational type of study. The experimenters’ goal was to analyze whether there was any correlation or connection between the web page owner being a narcissist and the type of content they had on their profile.

This qualitative research has taken an analytical approach, aiming to reduce the concept of narcissism to its elements and to study in detail how one’s own image construction is represented in a digital environment, incorporating the phenomenon of the selfie culture. Qualitative research, being rich, multi- dimensional and complex (Alasuutari, P., 1995) allows the in- depth exploration of the rhetoric of the self and the self- constructs in a technoculture and makes sense of the phenomenon of the human- machine connection and the creation of virtual realities that bears problematical ideas of digital narcissism. The position that this research has taken is a constructivist epistemological as it provides an adaptive,