The psychology of narcissism - W. Keith Campbell
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-psychology-of-narcissism-w-keith-campbell Narcissism isn't just a personality type that shows up in advice columns; it's actually a set...
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Way before the first selfie,the ancient Greeks and Romans had a mythabout someone a little too obsessed with his own image.In one telling,Narcissus was a handsome guy wandering the world in search of someone to love.After rejecting a nymph named Echo,he caught a glimpse of his own reflection in a river,and fell in love with it.Unable to tear himself away,Narcissus drowned.A flower marked the spot of where he died, and we call that flower the Narcissus.The myth captures the basic idea of narcissism,elevated and sometimes detrimental self-involvement.But it's not just a personality type that shows up in advice columns.It's actually a set of traits classified and studied by psychologists.The psychological definition of narcissism is an inflated, grandiose sel...
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Way before the first selfie,the ancient Greeks and Romans had a mythabout someone a little too obsessed with his own image.In one telling,Narcissus was a handsome guy wandering the world in search of someone to love.After rejecting a nymph named Echo,he caught a glimpse of his own reflection in a river,and fell in love with it.Unable to tear himself away,Narcissus drowned.A flower marked the spot of where he died, and we call that flower the Narcissus.The myth captures the basic idea of narcissism,elevated and sometimes detrimental self-involvement.But it's not just a personality type that shows up in advice columns.It's actually a set of traits classified and studied by psychologists.The psychological definition of narcissism is an inflated, grandiose sel...
