PSYC 3400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Narcissistic Rage And Narcissistic Injury, Numbers Game, Big Tent
13 Sep 2016
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A stable core of emotions, dispositions, attitudes, and behaviors that uniquely characterize a person at a speci c point in time and shape development across the lifespan (try not to make inferences) Stable core by our de nition, right: we can"t call everyone an asshole or it makes the term useless, our target is the average proper asshole the mean asshole your normal, everyday asshole. Impose only small material costs upon others (vs. hitlers, rapists, murderers) Nevertheless quali es the person a morally repugnant. Knowing you are with an asshole: the target of assholes may be left feeling intruded upon , or that some norm of courtesy has been tread upon. One"s very status as a moral person goes unrecognized (=our own narcissistic injury) Examples of assholes: boorish, smug, boss, royal, presidential, corporate, reckless, self aggrandizing, over time we may see new types:
