Saturday, June 14, 2008
Chapter 14: Narcissistic People
Narcissism seems to be a trend that will affect interpersonal relationships and the U.S. society, according to some psychologists mentioned in the book. I speculate whether "community-based" societies have less of this narcissism trend to deal with. The U.S. is already an individualistic country, and when you add the "narcissistic" attitude, buying power, and overly informed characteristics of today's youth, there is definitely a concern here for me. Anyone with a pre-teen sibling, child, or relative could probably see this trend happening in his or her family. At first, I would conclude from my observations that kids are just spoiled, or they're handling adolescence differently, or they're just exhibiting the confidence as seen in the TV personalities from i.e. "Lizzie McGuire" - "Hannah Montana" - "Suite Life of Zach and Cody." However, teenagers, college students, and young professionals are also exhibiting these narcissistic characteristics: inflated self-importance, power hungry, admiration craze, entitlement, manipulative, non-empathetic, materialistic envy, and arrogant. Hopefully, this is a trend that will past since there are many youths and people who are not like this.
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hello,
I cant understand how a person can be so self centered and only care about what they have to say and i also could recognize how it could effect one's interpersonal communication skills. A person that only worries about them self and thinks that he or she is more important than everyone else loses in every interaction they encounter because they pass on a opportunity to gain new information or knowledge.
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