Psychology 3720F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Grandiosity, Machiavellianism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3720F/G
• Professor: Haynes

Document Summary

Intentionally inflicting harm upon others: for the pleasure of doing so sadism, marked by egoism selfishness, no empathy for victim, non-human attributes. Narcissism, machiavellianism, psychopathy (maybe sadism: the researchers studied these traits known as the dark triad, these traits tend to have positive correlation with each other. Traits are subclinical and can be observed in the everyday population: they"re considered subclinical because a person does not meet enough criteria to meet any one of the traits in a clinical setting by a psychiatrist. They also occur on a continuum and are not categorical. Origin in the greek myth of narcissus: vain individual, found love in his own reflection, but disdained those who were in love with him. Subtype of narcissism: grandiose versus vulnerable narcissist: low self-image, insecurity, fragile, self esteem, desire praise to compensate for insecure self esteem, tend to have a victimization outlook, hypersensitivity to criticism, they perceive negative intentions in others.