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Chapter 6 (The Self) discusses the difference between high self-esteem and narcissism. Should you choose to complete, please complete the following in relation to narcissism:
- Read WebMD's description of narcissism.
- In your own words, describe what Narcissistic Personality Disorder is.
- Hop on over to The Huffington Post and find an article related to narcissism and social media (you shouldn't have a problem finding one). I suggest you get a little more creative than using the first article that shows up in the search history. Please include a link to your article.
- Summarize your article.
I hope you enjoy the photo of Woody taking a selfie and being slightly narcissistic. He's still the man.
In my own words, narcissistic personality disorder is when a person is so in love with themselves to the point where it is extreme. A person with narcissistic personality disorder has an abnormal love for themselves. It is almost to the point where they are obsessed with themselves. A person with narcissistic personality disorder is self-centered and they don't care much about other people.
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The article on The Huffington Post that I found related to narcissism and social media is called "What Social Media Reveals About Narcissism." The article here talks about how social media sites fuels narcissistic tendencies. Twitter acts like a megaphone for their thoughts while Facebook serves as a mirror where people can create images of themselves. A study done last year showed that people who score higher on a narcissism questionnaire are also more frequent Facebook posters and photo taggers, and had more Facebook friends. People with narcissistic personality disorder use these social media sites to increase their self-esteem.
Narcissistic personality disorder occurs usually when people have low self-confidence, but put on an act of superiority when around people. Individuals with narcissistic personality disorder also usually very full of themselves, yet they have distorted self-images. They like to be the center of attention and tell everybody how great and successful they are to make up for their low self-confidence.
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The article I choose was entitled “What Social Media Reveals About Narcissism.” This article discusses how Facebook and Twitter habits can be a signal for narcissistic personality traits. The article looked a study that was conducted on two different age groups of social media users. One group of the participants was college-aged, while the other was middle-aged individuals. The study concluded that college-aged users’ narcissistic personality traits were more evident on twitter, where people with narcissistic traits are likely to tweet more frequently. The study also concluded that middle-aged individuals with narcissistic personality traits were more likely to post status updates and their opinions on Facebook. Finally, the study found that people with narcissistic traits tend to be the users of social media sites who tend to have hundreds or thousands of friends because they want to seem like the most popular or that everybody loves them.
My definition of narcissistic personality disorder is a person who is in love with themselves and it causes them to not care about anyone or anything other than themselves. The people with this disorder tend to have low self-esteems but create the image that they love themselves when in a crowd when they really don't feel that way about themselves.
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This article discussed how Facebook can cause narcissism. It particularly talked about a man who became overly narcissistic because of the use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter. By using social media sites, you make yourself known by pictures and statuses that you post. This man posted inappropriate statuses and pictures in order to get noticed and get attention. He became addicted to the attention that he was getting and it became a sort of life style for him. The article also talked about a new form of Facebook that is now going to available on a new update on certain phones. Facebook home will automatically be on your home screen of your phone so you don't even have to open Facebook in order to see he statuses and updates which can cause more people to acquire this narcissistic attitude because it becomes a part of your everyday life. A quote in the article even says that the world doesn't revolve around apps but people. It then goes on to say that people can be the center of the world with Facebook Home. This goes to show that Facebook can cause people to believe that they are the center of the world which shows a strong sense of narcissism.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a disorder that revolves around oneself. A person suffering from this personality disorder may feel as though their life is better than anyone else, in other words, they are egotistical. The love for oneself can actually result in a lack of self-esteem and empathy for others.
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Jeffery Dill, the author of Are You Raising a Narcissist? explains how Narcissistic Personality Disorder has increased due to several cultural reasons. Our culture now relies on the use of technological advances, such as social media, TV shows, etc. When raising a child, parents want to teach their child how to think on their own and be independent. Many of them answered that they wanted their child to gain these characteristics so that they could live independent without being narcissistic.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder a disorder characterized by intense, unstable emotions and a distorted self-image. An intense, strong sense of love for oneself is the main characteristic of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Seeking constant attention and entitlement are common characteristics as well.
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In this Huffington Post article about Facebook and narcissism, it is discussed how sharing anything on social media sites is easier than ever. Anthony Weiner is used as an example because of his use of social media sites to exploit pictures of himself less than clothed. Weiner admits that had it not been for social media sites, such as Twitter, he wouldn't have been as popular topic as he was. With Facebook continuing to make itself more accessible than ever, this may just be feeding people's need for attention. With Facebook's increasing ability to make itself more accessible to everyone, "you remain the center of the world," according to this article.
Narcissism can be described as a person having too much self-esteem, a need for attention and "full of oneself", or a distorted self-image. This includes a strong love for oneself and thinking the world revolves around themselves.
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I found the article "8 Celebrities Who Don't Need a Self-Esteem Boost", which I guess in a sense is less an actual article but more of a quoted section with photos. I seriously suggest checking out this page because it's pretty funny. Celebrities such as Kanye, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, and Lady Gaga are quoted with narcissistic comments they have made about themselves. This definitely relates to the topic of narcissism and being full of oneself! Making comments such as "I'm the No. 1 rockstar on the planet" pretty much sum up how highly one celebrity thinks of himself.
Hi Mary, you should find an article that relates narcissism to social media (as per the instructions). You can submit an amendment as a reply to your existing post.
DeleteI found an article that relates narcissism to social media and discusses the relation between highly narcissistic people and their social media profiles. It discusses how young people especially value their own opinions and tend to think that they are more important than they actually are, thus exhibiting narcissism. The research conducted correlated highly narcissistic college students with the amount of Twitter updates or Facebook statuses. It discusses how social media is a reflection of narcissistic tendencies and is shown through the number of posts as well as the number of "friends" or "followers". Through the need to broaden social circles and talk about themselves, narcissism is often increased by social media.
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I found an article that relates narcissism to social media and discusses the relation between highly narcissistic people and their social media profiles. It discusses how young people especially value their own opinions and tend to think that they are more important than they actually are, thus exhibiting narcissism. The research conducted correlated highly narcissistic college students with the amount of Twitter updates or Facebook statuses. It discusses how social media is a reflection of narcissistic tendencies and is shown through the number of posts as well as the number of "friends" or "followers". Through the need to broaden social circles and talk about themselves, narcissism is often increased by social media.
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Narcissistic personality disorder is when a person sees themselves in an unrealistic way. These people think they are better than everyone else and think they can do no wrong. Even though they seem confident it doesn’t mean that they are. It may mean that they are actually self-conscious about something.
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The article I found “Facebook home is the latest tool to indulge our narcissism online” uses former Rep. Anthony Weiner as an example of what face book can lead narcissist to do. Face book has a new system called face book home and this button allows you to easily share, comment and posts thing on face book. Weiner is known for his inappropriate photos online. He said that if it were not so easily done he probably wouldn’t have done it. Face book opens up doors for narcissistic people to post pictures of themselves and think even higher of themselves then they already do. The main point of the article is that the social media makes it too easy for people to post things online. The accessibility of posting things can bring out the narcissist in anyone.
Narcissism is typically referred to as an elevated sense of one’s self. This is often taken to the extreme. This disorder is typically identified by an intense love of the self, an exaggerated sense of superiority and importance, and a preoccupation with success and power. These elevated feelings of self-worth are not in a direct relationship with self-confidence. Other tell tale signs that someone is a narcissist is if they are self-centered, seek attention, exaggerate their talents, take advantage of others to meet their goals.
ReplyDeleteThe article that I read was entitled “What Social Media Reveals About Narcissism.” This small study outlined how facebook and twitter feed into people’s narcissistic thoughts and tendencies. It is believed that people on these sites can overestimate the importance of their opinion. The study was completed by examining two populations. The two groups were college students and adults. These participants completed online surveys. It was found that there was a correlation to more twitter posts and facebook status updates and narcissistic tendencies. The study points out that this shouldn’t be surprising news because of the self-promotional nature of the social media sites.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/13/social-media-narcissism-twitter-facebook_n_3423095.html
In my own words I think Narcissistic Personality Disorder is when a person becomes so obsessed with themselves they think they are superior over everyone else. This person thinks they should get special treatment and that everyone should love them they way they love themselves.
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This article talks about how social media sites affect a persons narcissism. They did a study on middle aged women who were on Facebook and college students who were using Twitter. The results showed that the more status updates or the more tweets a person had, the more narcissistic they were. Also, the more friends and photos they had, they were more narcissistic too.
Try throwing in what you know about experimental and correlational research. For example, you could state, "They did a correlational study on middle aged...."
DeleteNarcissistic Personailty Disorder is a disorder in which a person thinks that they are more important than everyone. They have a very high self-image of themselves. They do not have empathy for others and think they are suprior compared to others. They are self-centered and very full of themselves.
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In summary, the article "What Social Media Reveals About Narcissism" was about a test that had been done that linked narcissism personality with increased use of social media sites. A study was conducted using 486 college students and 93 adults. The participants answered questions about their use of social media and took a personality test. From the study, the researchers found a correlation between scoring higher on some traits of narcissism and increased use of Twitter for college students and Facebook for the adults.
So was this a positive or negative correlation? You elude to it, but try to incorporate more terms from class.
DeleteNarcissistic Personality Disorder is a disorder that can be described when a individual has a high self-admiration that is taken to the extreme. Narcissistic people believe that they are the most important thing, powerful, and have an abnormal love of themselves. Most of the time narcissistic people have very little empathy for others. Some other symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder are is that the person is self-centered, boastful, set unrealistic goals, take advantage of others to achieve their goals, exaggerate their talents, and are easily hurt but does not let it show.
ReplyDeleteThe article “Facebook Home the Latest Tool to Indulge our Narcissism Online” outlines the effect of social media on people’s narcissism. Anthony Weiner is famous now not for his politics but for his social media life style. Crude pictures that were posted on Twitter of himself derailed him from any political career. He talks about how easy it was to talk and listen to people across the United States with the use of social media. The ease of social media is going to be easier than every with the new Facebook Home screen on HTC phones. This allows your background to your phone to be your Facebook feed. According to research from Western Illinois University, found that there is a correlation between Grandiose Exhibitionism and Facebook activity. This shows that people who post, share, and have frequent status updates might be more likely to become narcissistic. The internet gives people the stage they need to show off which can lead people to becoming narcissistic. Facebook commented that the Facebook Home allows people to be the center of the world not apps.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/12/facebook-home-narcissism-online_n_3065433.html
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a disorder that can be described when a individual has a high self-admiration that is taken to the extreme. Narcissistic people believe that they are the most important thing, powerful, and have an abnormal love of themselves. Most of the time narcissistic people have very little empathy for others. Some other symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder are is that the person is self-centered, boastful, set unrealistic goals, take advantage of others to achieve their goals, exaggerate their talents, and are easily hurt but does not let it show.
ReplyDeleteThe article “Facebook Home the Latest Tool to Indulge our Narcissism Online” outlines the effect of social media on people’s narcissism. Anthony Weiner is famous now not for his politics but for his social media life style. Crude pictures that were posted on Twitter of himself derailed him from any political career. He talks about how easy it was to talk and listen to people across the United States with the use of social media. The ease of social media is going to be easier than every with the new Facebook Home screen on HTC phones. This allows your background to your phone to be your Facebook feed. According to research from Western Illinois University, found that there is a correlation between Grandiose Exhibitionism and Facebook activity. This shows that people who post, share, and have frequent status updates might be more likely to become narcissistic. The internet gives people the stage they need to show off which can lead people to becoming narcissistic. Facebook commented that the Facebook Home allows people to be the center of the world not apps.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/12/facebook-home-narcissism-online_n_3065433.html
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is disorder characterized by an extremely distorted self-image where you believe you are superior to others. It is almost as if you are in love with yourself. You believe that you hold the power and that nobody can do better than you. It is quite deceiving actually because you would think that people with this disorder are overly confident in themselves, however, that is not the case. Narcissistic Personality Disorder stems from high insecurity and low self-esteem.
ReplyDeleteThe article I found regarding narcissism and social media is titled “Is Social Networking making Narcissists of Us All?” It states that research suggests our generation has become the most self-centered, self-obsessed generation in history and that the internet may be part of the cause. In one study the researchers surveyed 233 undergraduate students to see if there was a relationship between social media usage and narcissism. It was found that students who scored highly in narcissistic behavior were more likely to send tweets about themselves. Even though there was no proven relationship between narcissism and posting about oneself more frequently on Facebook, narcissistic individuals did report having larger numbers of Facebook friends. Another study of 16,000 college students showed that about two-thirds of college students scored above average in narcissism, which was substantially higher than that of twenty years ago. Even though it may be thought of that our generation is becoming more confident than they were two decades ago, that is not the case. It is becoming a more serious problem because rather than having high self-esteem we are beginning to think less about others and just acting in ways that will advance ourselves without considering the consequences. Basically, this article states that a higher number of narcissistic people in the world leads to a higher self-promotion in social media. Not all social media is bad; it just depends on how you make use of your social media websites.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-raj-persaud/social-networking-making-narcissists-of-us-all_b_2407735.html
After reading this article I find that narcissistic personality disorder is a condition to where a person is completely in love with themselves and believes that everyone should love them. They feel invincible to the world as if they could do no wrong. Even though they feel that they could do nothing wrong they are easily hurt by other’s comments and opinions but pull off a show as if they are the happiest people alive. They want others to want to be them even though they don’t want to be themselves.
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about Kanye West raging at Jimmy Kimmel for doing a comedy sketch from one of his interviews. Kanye did an interview with BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe and told them how he feels he is not appreciated in the designer world by white executives. Jimmy took this interview and kept Kanye’s words but had them acted out by a child. There were disputes throughout Twitter with retweets between the two. Kanye was infuriated by this incident. The article looked back at Kanye’s past to where he has spoken badly about the President, Taylor Swift, paparazzi, and now this. In Kanye’s argument’s he exclaimed to Kimmel that he does not have people trying to take pictures of his daughter. In the end the article posed that America would take a comedian who is on T.V versus an angry rapper’s side.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kia-makarechi/kanye-kimmel-saga_b_4002282.html
Narcissism is a dramatic personality disorder that contains a very intense, unstable set of emotions, and a distorted self image. Narcissists are those who have an abnormal love of self and an exaggerated sense of superiority or importance. They have a preoccupation with success and power and they do not have a real self confidence. These individuals have a deep sense of insecurity and fragile self esteem with no sympathy for others.
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I found an article entitled "Can Narcissists Change?" by Dr. Craig Malkin. Throughout this article, he describes the relationship that narcissists have with themselves and other individuals. He states that yes people can change after being diagnosed with a personality disorder but it is not easy. A personality disorder is more than who the individual is. It has a lot to do with their patterns of interaction. Narcissism threatens their sense of person to try and interact with other individuals. They believe that narcissism is the safest way to live and they live with the fear that they are unworthy. Relationships are very tricky when you have a partner that suffers from narcissism. They want to know that they are loved and admired. Narcissists inevitably invite the very rejected and abandonment they fear in the first place and put that towards their relationship. Narcissism is a way of relating and while it is very difficult to completely change this way of thinking, it is possible for many people out there suffering from narcissism.
In my own words, narcissistic personality disorder is when someone has an image about himself or herself that is distorted. They are weirdly in love with themselves and think that everything should revolve around them
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This article claims that these social networks fuel younger adults’ narcissistic tendencies by acting as a mega phone for their thoughts. They also believe that young people tend to over evaluate the importance of their own opinion. A study found that there were associations between scoring high on certain traits of narcissism and an increased use of social networks such as more statuses. To end this cycle a psychology expert wrote that we need to instill a healthy sense of true esteem in these kids before they are even able to make their first status update.
When you say association, do you mean a correlational study or an experimental study? I know what you mean, but clarifying and using words you've learned will help with retention of the material in the long run!
DeleteNarcissistic Personality Disorder is a disorder in which someone is so focused on themselves and their own goals that it causes them to struggle with having healthy relationships and causes them to always be seeking attention and have a hard time identifying or empathizing with others.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.ca/nicole-forrester/social-media--narcissism-_b_1128168.html
This article titled, 'Social Media, an Epidemic of Narcissism' talks about how social media provides so many means of self-promotion. We change our facebook status to something witty in hopes of getting a lot of likes or post a video on youtube to try and become famous. The social media sites even ask us ‘what’s going on’, ‘what are your favorite shows, movies, books’ ‘where have you been’, it’s all about us which in some ways encourages us to become self-absorbed. Social media sites may cause an athlete to get a big head, or be torn down because of a mistake they made. Of course there are ways to avoid the narcissism that social media sites cause, be careful what you post and look at. Be inspired and don’t get caught up in the ‘Paris Hilton’s’ or ‘Kardashians’ of the world.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is when someone is has too much self esteem to the point where they are obsessed over themselves; abnormally in love with themselves and self-centered.
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This article titled, “Facebook And Twitter Are Magnets For Narcissists,” claims that Facebook and Twitter draw in narcissists because it is a release for their self adoring thoughts and feelings. If they get someone to comment or like on their status, aka narcissistic thought, it even furthers their narcissistic ego boost. The article also talked about how the younger generation of narcissists prefer Twitter, where they can broaden their scope to a large amount of people, whereas the older generation prefer Facebook where its a more intimate adoration.
Actually, individuals with these characteristics ten to have very fragile self-esteems.
DeleteIn my own words, Narcissistic Personality Disorder is when a person is so obsessed with themselves that they are consumed with themselves. People with this disorder are very mean and usually talk down to those around them. They are also so worried about themselves that they do not care about others.
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In the article What Social Media Reveals About Narcissism, it shows how social media sites give the platform for people to make this own self-image and gives them a place to voice their own opinions. Social media sites such as twitter may give a user overconfidence because they can voice their opinion to thousands of people making them this that their opinion is very important. This article also shows a study that found that people with higher Narcissistic tendencies actually posted more on social media sites than the average person.
What kind of study...experimental, correlational? I know what you mean, but try to use words that we've learned to describe research.
DeleteI believe narcissism to be when one is so absorbed with him or her self that they do not care about others or even notice how they affect others. I believe narcissists become upset or angry only about the things regarding themselves. The article described what a narcissist is and the symptoms of being a narcissist. Some of the symptoms include the following: selfishness, boasting, self-admiration, belief of superiority, unrealistic goal setting, and envious.
ReplyDeleteThe following article is from the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-barry-kaufman/23-signs-youre-secretly-a_b_3837946.html
The article is “23 Signs You’re Secretly a Narcissist Masquerading as a Sensitive Introvert.” A test is given with 23 questions. If you score high, you may be a narcissist. I figured the best way to see read or interpret the article would be to take the test myself. I scored a 29, which is very low. The article later explains that a high number can also be contributed to how much of an introvert or extrovert you are. If you scored a high number, it could simply mean that you are an introvert. If it is extremely high, you may be narcissistic.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is when a person has too much confidence or self-esteem. They can also be infatuated with themselves to the point it is unhealthy. It also causes them to struggle with having healthy friendships and relationships.
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In this article, a study was conducted about the link between a person’s use of social media and narcissistic personality. This test was conducted on a college campus, with 486 college students and 93 adults. This experiment was done in a survey and the questions were about their social media habits and personality traits. Through this survey, experimenters noticed a correlation between scoring higher on some traits of narcissism with an increased use of Twitter for college students and Facebook for adults.
Try to use terms we learned in Chapter 1...stating that this was a correlational study, etc.
DeleteIn my own words, I'd describe Narcissistic Personality Disorder as a personality disorder in which someone exaggerates behaviors that express infatuation with the self, such as arrogance, being self-centered, and believing no one can measure up to them and their talents, etc., because of their actual insecurity and pressure to live up to their own huge and unrealistic expectations.
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The article I read was titled, "Are You a Social Media Narcissist? Good and Bad Ways to Love Yourself Online," and talked about how people today use social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, to put up an inauthentic self for everyone to see. This article goes on to say that people then start to struggle living two lives - the life of the inauthentic person on their profile, and their life offline. People start to become so narcissistic with their inauthentic profile that they drift away from their real selves, and become infatuated with someone that they aren't. The article closes saying that everyone needs a little bit of healthy narcissism, but need to do it by putting our true selves up on our social media sites, instead of being obsessed with image.
A Narcissistic personality is a personality in which one believes they are the best at everything. I would see this person being a “know it all”, and thinking that they are better than everyone else.
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This article describes a study done by a communications expert from the University of Michigan. She wanted to determine if there was a positive correlation between facebook/twitter users and a high narcissistic personality. She had 486 college female students with a mean age of 19, and 93 adults in which the mean age was 35. She had the college students take a survey about their use of social media and then had them take a narcissistic test. She determined that people that used social media more frequently, had the tendency to have a narcissistic personality.
Nice job using research terms!
DeleteI believe Narcissitic Personality Disorder is when a personal is overly obsessesd with themselves and think highly of themselves and the things that they do. The article on WebMD describes it has having an unstable emotion and distorted self-image. Narcissistic behaviors can sometimes be medically related but it often correlates to how a child was raised. They are usually pampered and overly adored.
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The article I chose to summarize, titled "Are You a Facebook or Twitter Narcissist?" talks about how our world has turned matters that are supposed to be private and reserved for intimate moments have been shared with others who don't fall into the category of close friends. According to the author we seem to be bragging about our accomplishments and the things that we are doing and sometimes we even ruin the lives of others through social media. Sensitive information is also seen by people who could use it for wrong. He author talks about a recent event where a man got robbed after he had posted on facebook that he was in Italy having fun with his family.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is when a person is so full of themselves that it creates a problem. They are very conceded and always have to be admired by others. The person could be so self-absorbed that they can’t care about anyone else besides them.
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The article I chose from the Huffington Post is named “Is Social Media to Blame for the Rise in Narcissism?” People always want approval of the things they post on social media sites, mainly Facebook. Posting pictures, making statuses, and hitting that “like” button are what people thrive to do. Facebook users can create an unrealistic portrait of themselves by handpicking only the perfect pictures and making statuses that only reflect on the best moments. It is thought to be connected with developing personality disorders such as narcissism, but Facebook isn’t for sure related to it. It is said that one’s personality is developed by the age of 7, long before the age of 13 when one is allowed to have a Facebook. Although, people who update their Facebook more often and have a lot of Facebook friends rank higher scores on the narcissism scale.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a person who believes that he or she is better is better than everyone else. The person thinks very highly of what he or she does and are self centered.
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The article I chose was "What Social Media Reveals About Narcissism." The article talks about narcissistic tendencies and how social media such as Facebook and Twitter enhances these tendencies. There was a study done where they followed two populations of women one group college aged and the other group was in their thirties. The researchers compared their results on the personality tests to their social media responses and it should those who post more or update their statuses more had more narcissistic traits. The article showed a connection between social media and narcissistic traits.
What type of study? Try to use concepts we learned in Chapter 1 about research methods.
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ReplyDeleteI believe a person with Narcissistic Personality Disorder is self-centered and has self-admiration that is taken to another level. People with who are narcissistic seek constant attention and entitled to much greater things than anyone else. In my opinion, a person suffering from this disorder acts in these ways because they are actually insecure with themselves.
In the article, “Is Social Media to Blame for the Rise in Narcissism?” self-esteem and narcissism are contrasted. We live in a world where people consume their time with “reality” television, not understanding that these types of shows are false. Also, Facebook has been considered for the rise of narcissism. People tagging themselves in more photos, constantly updating their statuses and showing the world their accomplishments by posting them can lead to more narcissism. Facebook is a factor in the rise of narcissism, not the only cause of the rise, as we develop our personalities much sooner than Facebook allows a person by age to sign up. Also, spoiling children with presents and compliments that are not true are giving children inadequate self-esteem and this turns into a potential narcissistic personality. Parents need to instill a healthy sense of self-esteem in children before they develop narcissism.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-firestone/facebook-narcissism_b_1905073.html
DeleteNarcissistic personality disorder typically describes someone who regards him/herself as the center of the universe and all others to be of little importance. Narcissistic individuals suffer from a variety of symptoms such as a constant need for attention, exaggerated skills and abilities, and having the assumption that they deserve to be treated better than everyone else. Someone with narcissistic personality disorder also has a habit of using others to get what he or she wants.
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The article I found was one entitled "Facebook Home is the Latest Tool to Indulge Our Narcissism Online," by Timothy Stenovec. In this article, Stenovec addresses the relatively newly-released "Facebook Home" feature that comes with some Samsung and HTC smartphones. The feature provides instant access to Facebook activity in a way most other phones do not; by allowing users to see status updates, new cover photos, and shared links on the home/lock screen every few seconds, individuals do not even have to unlock the phone in order to stay connected. Such a level of constant and personal access to updates makes for an intense social networking experience that forces the individual to see what friends are up to and how it compares to his/her own life. As such, Facebook Home has contributed to the narcissism of its users. Dr. Aboujaoude, a researcher quoted in the article, states that "with something like Home, basically you have a portable stage, or a portable soap box, that you can carry around with you." The Home feature brings Facebook not only into the palm of your hand but also to the forefront of daily life, fitting so innocently and seamlessly into your routine that narcissistic behavior becomes an unnoticed habit. While it is nice to stay connected with those around you, consistently being subjected to their personal experiences and comparing it to your own (a natural reaction for most social media users) does little to improve narcissism.
I think narcissistic personality disorder is someone who is all about themselves. They are someone that is willing to put themselves before everyone else. They think their self-gain is more important than anybody else. People are narcissistic don't have a problem thinking they are can not talk to the normal person, they think they are superior and can only talk to other superior people. They show a lot of signs of extroversion. They like the constant attention, they will make stuff up to get the attention they need to make themselves feel superior.
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This article talks about if these social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are making us become narcissists. It was talking about how people have used MySpace to promote their music, and with that they ended up getting into people's heads and ended up selling their music. Are we so self-centered as a society that we need to constantly post stuff about ourselves on Facebook so people can see what we are doing? I myself very seldom post anything and I think about it, all people ever talk about are themselves. You look at a bunch of people's Twitter's and it is always talking about what they are doing, what grade they just received on a test. They dislike when no one comment's about pictures they post of a new pair of jeans they have or a new shirt. The article talked about are these people really narcissistic or are they just open with their life?
In response to your question, I'm sure there is a healthy mix of both (open and narcissistic).
DeleteNarcissistic personality disorder is when one has an exaggerated love on one’s self. People with this disorder tend to be self-centered and are constantly seeking attention. People who possess narcissistic personality disorder tend to feel no empathy towards others. These kinds of people are almost obsessed with themselves. The causes of this personality disorder are unknown but some researchers say that it is partially biological but mainly affected by the surroundings of the individual. Some researchers claim that how a child was raised has a lot to do with developing this disorder. Narcissistic people were often times spoiled or pampered as a young child.
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The article that I chose was “The Narcissism Epidemic: Do You Know the Warning Signs?” This article was very interesting to me. The article discussed how narcissistic personality disorder is especially common in famous actors and actresses across media and social media. These people are almost put on a pedestal and are almost always in the spotlight. They are used to getting special treatment such as red carpets and limos and VIP rooms. These treatments get the ideas instilled in their minds that they are above everybody else and are superior to the rest of us normal people. The article talked about how this sense of entitlement may cause these famous people to break out and act unusual during certain circumstances. Then the article shared a story of a woman who married who she thought was prince charming. She explained how he was the picture perfect man and then shorty after they were married he changed. He was sneaking behind her back and stealing money and she said she had never felt so unloved in her life. The therapist said unfortunately that her husband seemed to possess narcissistic personality disorder and that this was not curable. This woman eventually divorced her husband and now teaches people the warning signs or narcissistic personality disorder. There are five warning signs.
1. Projected feelings on insecurity – They make you feel useless and stupid.
2. Emotion-phobia. – They often times change the subject of emotion and avoid it all costs including their own.
3. A fragmented family story- They want everything perfect because they might not have had a perfect childhood.
4. Idol Worship- They are obsessed with the idea of perfection. They want to find somebody who is almost as perfect as they think they are.
5. A high need for control- They hate being at the mercy of other peoples preferences.
Narcissistic personality disorder describes someone with extreme confidence and self-image exhibiting a love of self that is over the top. People with this disorder think of themselves as especially unique or special compared to others, putting themselves on a pedestal, unattainable by “normal” people. Narcissistic individuals react intensely to criticism and are easily hurt by negative comments. This is because their enflamed self-image is presented to cover a truly insecure person. People with this disorder have a hard time maintaining relationships as they are unable to realize anyone’s goals or talents but their own, which they exaggerate.
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I read an article titled “ Are You a Social Media Narcissist/ Good and Bad Ways to Love Yourself Online” and unfortunately, I was unimpressed. The author says that the observation that narcissistic behavior can be cultured by online habits is off the mark, yet he fails to support this suggestion. He describes the well-known story of Narcissus falling in love with himself and uses this as the basis for his argument that social media does not culture narcissism. He describes how we polish and blur and photoshop photos of ourselves into false identities that we are unable to keep up with in real life appearances, never really mentioning any other narcissistic behaviors bred by social media (such as exaggerated accomplishments, showing off awards, or perfected lives). The author tells how keeping up the social media “appearance” is impossible. To end, he says we need the “healthy form of narcissism,” which he equates to participating in a network of interconnected people (and makes me wonder if he even knows what narcissism means…). Finally, we need “some narcissism” so that we can express the “real” us, rather than the fake profiles we develop online, something that I do not think requires any narcissism.
I believe that a narcissistic person has a really big head; they are highly into themselves, the world revolves around them, they want success for themselves and don’t care about hurting other people in the process, and they want to be the center of everyone’s attention. The article I found is talking about how narcissism is taking over social media; the author put a very personal perspective on it, talking about how she herself became immersed in social media at one point in time and has since been trying to shy away from posting narcissistic things on social networking. She was also trying to get the readers to start being aware of what they were posting as well.
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A person is said to have Narcissistic Personality Disorder when he/she:
ReplyDelete- Is in love with his/her self
- Thinks they are better than everyone else
- Go to great lengths to be an overachiever
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We’ve known for a while that social media sites like Facebook and Twitter tend to promote one’s ego when used and recently, a new study has shown us how. Young adults use twitter to broadcast their thought and feelings, while middle aged adults can use Facebook to create idealistic images of their life. In the study, researchers examined two different populations: a group of 486 college students of an average age of 19, and a group of 93 adults with an average age on 35. Individuals with higher than average Twitter and Facebook use tended to have higher scores on a narcissistic traits test. The article then went on to describe a study that came out last year in the journal, “Personality and Individual Differences” that showed people who score higher on a narcissism questionnaire are also more frequent Facebook posters and photo taggers, and had more Facebook friends.
Narcissism is just being full of yourself to the point you do not even put yourself in the same category as the people that are around you. A narcissistic personality is over confident to the point they are better then everyone and people don’t understand or like them because they are so much better than they are. I read an article called “Facebook Home is the Latest Tool to Indulge Our Narcissism Online.” This article made an example out of former Rep. Anthony Weiner as his use of social media and narcissism was the cause of the end of his career. It talked about how it is easier than ever to let everyone know you are watching and let everyone know how your life is going. With new Home a person does not even have to go out of their way to be completely emerged in the life of social media. With this people can use this and want to let everyone what they are doing all the time and share every aspect of their life. This sharing of every aspect of your life can be dangerous just ask look at what happened to Wieners love of sharing.
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They put up a facade of confidence, but really have fragile self-esteems.
DeleteNarcissistic personality disorder is characterized by a distorted self image, a fragile self esteem, and unstable emotions. People with this disorder lack empathy towards others and when criticized, react negatively.
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The article " Facebook Home Is The Latest Tool To Indulge Our Narcissism Online " discusses how Facebook allows people to become more narcissistic. A new Facebook app allows users easier access to the program and photos that are posted on the site. This easy access allows users faster feedback on things they post and more people will be able to see it faster, making people think more about themselves.
key terms: self esteem, narcissism
Narcissism is a dramatic personality disorder that can be explained by having an excessive obsession with yourself, so much so that you have unstable emotions and are not cautious of how you make others feel. They feel as if everyone should want to be around them and love them, leaving them constantly seeking attention and never truly identifying with others.
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I read an article titled “Are You a Social Media Narcissist? Good and Bad Ways to Love Yourself Online,” and this article discussed how people use social media as a type of contest to see who can get the most “likes” and followers, when it is blatantly obvious that our social media life and our real life do not always match up. Our social media lives over take our real lives more and more with every over-edited picture posted of ourselves and our perfected profiles. The article explains that a little narcissism is needed, but keeping your social media closer to your actual self rather than obsessing over “perfecting” yourself with the never ending edits.
'Narcissism is a term used to describe a focus on the self and self-admiration that is taken to an extreme.' as stated in WebMD. A Narcissist Personality, in my opinion, is being so self-centered that you miss out on other things happening around you. I do actually think it is okay to being a little narcissistic every once in a while. If you don't think about yourself first every so often then people will just walk all over you.
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a narcissistic personality disorder happens when one has or projects an over inflated image of oneself usually to hid hurt or venerable aspects of ones personality and feed off the admiration of others. they care only of themselves and feel little empathy for others.
ReplyDeletethe article I read ways called 4 ways to love better it spoke how narcissism or the ego gets in the way of a real loving relationship stating narcissism was a counterfeit love stating it was impulsive, intolerant, wanting more of a trophy wife, and only interested in self gratification when it came to its relationships. while true love is patient, kind, blind, and not self seeking.
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3 minutes til the deadline...you must be one to thrive off of procrastination. Seems to work for you, though!
DeleteNarcissistic personality disorder is where an individual turns to self-absorbed tendencies to the point where it disrupts their relationships with others, self-image, success, and confidence. The irony in this is that they will never allow these weaknesses to show, even though they are aware of them. They prefer to strut a cocky demeanor, still believing that they lie above everybody else. Narcissists need attention from others to feel relevant, even though they believe those giving them them the attention are beneath them. This leads to shallow, if few at all, close friendships with others.
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This article stresses that NPD is not the end of the world, as such a trait does not encapsulate one's entire life, and the author refers to the fact that Jung believed that we all have an introverted and extroverted side, although it often seems as though one dominates our lives more so than the other. The article suggests that NPD comes from the early notion that vulnerabilities are weaknesses, and should be hidden through false confidence. It also stresses that narcissists frequently feel unworthy, so they tend to keep trying to put on a bigger show to impress others, who they would love to believe are not worthy of it in the first place. The article then stresses that perhaps the best way to reach out to a narcissist is to offer genuine disinterest in their self-centerdness, offering intimacy instead; however difficult that may be.