Vince Is Extremely Impressed with Himself

question 74

Multiple Choice

Vince is extremely impressed with himself. Although he has only achieved a moderate amount of success, he thinks of himself as being uniquely special and deserving of the best of everything. Vince fantasizes frequently about great wealth and fame and does not really pay much attention to other people except to note how they react to him. Vince should be diagnosed with personality disorder.

• A) antisocial
• B) histrionic
• C) narcissistic
• D) dependent

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Definitions:

Historical Determinism

The view that personality is basically fixed in the early years of life and subject to little change thereafter.

Personality

A complex set of characteristics that makes one distinct from others.

Personality Research Methods

Various scientific techniques and tools used to study and measure human personality.

Experiment

A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact by controlling and manipulating variables.