Example Of Narcissism In Psychology

In recent years, narcissism levels in the United States has shown to be in “3 out of 4 [high school seniors] report they are satsfied with themselves, up from 2 out of 3 in 1975,” (Twenge et al., 2010). Narcissism has been evident in today’s society through advice columns, the “selfie” trending on social media, self-branding and listening to music on the radio that brags about fame and money. Recently, high schoolers are claiming attention by bullying and posting selfish human behavior and bragging about it. As well as the more famous narcissists, politicians who use their egos and name in order to gain votes. Narcissism has not only been evident recently but has existed throughout recorded history. In Greek mythology, a myth exists that Narcissus, …show more content…
Since 1898 the most extreme cases of narcissism, Narcissistic Personality Disorder(NPD), was named by Havelock Ellis. The psychological definition of narcissism states, as defined in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, “in terms of significant impairments in personality functioning—such as looking excessively to others for the regulation of self-esteem, viewing oneself as exceptional, having impaired empathy, and having mostly superficial relationships—and the personality traits of grandiosity and attention-seeking,” with viewing oneself as exceptional as the focal point and used as the main definition in this study. Psychologists categorize narcissism in the two main forms of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. Grandiose is the specific type that society sees more today and will be the more common throughout shown in this study as well as other studies …show more content…
The goal was to explore what the correlation was between SES and narcissism and how that might change students in the classroom for potitive future effects. It is necessary for every student to succeed with confidence. By studying the students’ socioeconomic factors, as well as the differences between confidence and narcissism, students will be more inclined to succeed. The information illustrated in this study will result in improved student performance and a understood perception on narcissism and how it affects students’ attitudes. By understanding the behavior of students, this will inform teachers how to understand and teach these students to a better knowledge of understanding. Therefore; the purpose of this study was to illustrate the correlation of student’s narcissistic levels and their personal SES factors to show the effects on their behavior in a classroom setting. The guiding research question was “How does the correlation between socioeconomic effects and narcissism affect success in the