Arnold Often Daydreams About Being a Major CEO and Being

question 171

Multiple Choice

Arnold often daydreams about being a major CEO and being admired by the entire population. He cannot understand why his teachers and fellow students do not see his brilliance and his great potential, but he is sure that "someday, they will tell their grandchildren that they were in class with the great Arnold P." Arnold is exhibiting symptoms of which personality disorder?

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

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