Samantha Jones

Samantha JonesSamantha Jones

~ Jessica McNichol~ Jessica McNichol

AbstractAbstract BibliographyBibliography Personality TraitsPersonality Traits Five Factor Model Five Factor Model Personality StabilityPersonality Stability Assortive MatingAssortive Mating ManipulationManipulation Personality DisordersPersonality Disorders Case StudyCase Study

- Narcissism in Celebrities- Narcissism in Celebrities

BibliographyBibliography Fictional character in Sex and the City.Fictional character in Sex and the City. Played by actress Kim Cattrall.Played by actress Kim Cattrall. Born in 1958, 45 years old on the show. Born in 1958, 45 years old on the show. Comes from an non-wealthy family. Comes from an non-wealthy family. She owns a public relations company. She owns a public relations company. Most sexually liberated of friends. Most sexually liberated of friends. Storylines revolve around many men Storylines revolve around many men

and sex she has.and sex she has.

Personality TraitsPersonality Traits

Traits:Traits: are internal desires, needs, and wants that are are internal desires, needs, and wants that are causal in that they explain behaviour. causal in that they explain behaviour.

Samantha’s internal desireSamantha’s internal desire Samantha’s Personality Traits:Samantha’s Personality Traits:

ImpulsiveImpulsive ReliableReliable OutspokenOutspoken PromiscuousPromiscuous LoyalLoyal

Five Factor Model of Five Factor Model of PersonalityPersonality

5 taxonomies of personality traits 5 taxonomies of personality traits that have both high and low scores. that have both high and low scores.

ExtroversionExtroversion AgreeablenessAgreeableness ConscientiousnessConscientiousness NeuroticismNeuroticism Openness to experienceOpenness to experience

Samantha’s Factor ModelSamantha’s Factor Model

High ExtroversionHigh Extroversion Low AgreeablenessLow Agreeableness High ConscientiousnessHigh Conscientiousness Middle NeuroticismMiddle Neuroticism High Openness to High Openness to

New ExperienceNew Experience

Predictability and 5 FactorPredictability and 5 Factor

Good Grades:Good Grades: high C, high emotionally stablehigh C, high emotionally stable

Risky Sexual Behaviour:Risky Sexual Behaviour: high N, low C, high N, low C, low Alow A

Alcohol Assumption:Alcohol Assumption: high E, low Chigh E, low C

Everest Climber:Everest Climber: high E, emotionally stablehigh E, emotionally stable

Happiness:Happiness: high E, low Nhigh E, low N

Leadership Effectiveness:Leadership Effectiveness: high E, high A, high E, high A, high Chigh C

Personality StabilityPersonality Stability

Rank Order StabilityRank Order Stability: : in a group your in a group your position in that group stays the same over time, position in that group stays the same over time, the maintenance of personality in group. the maintenance of personality in group.

Personality Coherence:Personality Coherence: underlying trait underlying trait that stays the same, but the way it is shown that stays the same, but the way it is shown changes. changes.

Assortive Mating for Assortive Mating for PersonalityPersonality

Attraction Similarity Theory:Attraction Similarity Theory: people are people are attracted to those who have similar personality attracted to those who have similar personality characteristics. characteristics.

Samantha’s Love InterestsSamantha’s Love Interests

Richard Wright:Richard Wright: hotel executive, no hotel executive, no

monogamymonogamy MariaMaria: : famous artistfamous artist

Smith Jerrod:Smith Jerrod: actor/modelactor/model

Violation of Desire TheoryViolation of Desire Theory

Break ups should occur more when Break ups should occur more when one’s desires are violated than when one’s desires are violated than when they are fulfilled.they are fulfilled.

Samantha’s Break upsSamantha’s Break ups

ManipulationManipulation All the ways in which people All the ways in which people

intentionally try to change the intentionally try to change the behaviour of others.behaviour of others.

Types:Types: CoercionCoercion Responsibility InvocationResponsibility Invocation Silent TreatmentSilent Treatment HardballHardball ReasonReason Pleasure InductionPleasure Induction RegressionRegression Social ComparisonSocial Comparison Self AbasementSelf Abasement Monetary RewardMonetary Reward CharmCharm

Samantha’s ManipulationsSamantha’s Manipulations

CharmCharm RegressionRegression HardballHardball Pleasure InductionPleasure Induction Social ComparisonSocial Comparison

Personality DisordersPersonality Disorders

It is an enduring pattern of It is an enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that differs experience and behaviour that differs greatly from the expectations of the greatly from the expectations of the individual’s culture. individual’s culture.

It is manifested in how people think, It is manifested in how people think, feel, get along with others, and feel, get along with others, and ability to control behaviourability to control behaviour

Clusters of DisordersClusters of Disorders

Erratic:Erratic: emotional, difficulty getting along emotional, difficulty getting along with others, unpredictable, and, violent, with others, unpredictable, and, violent, includes: antisocial, borderline, histrionic, includes: antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissisticnarcissistic

Anxious:Anxious: fearful, apprehensive, and have fearful, apprehensive, and have trouble with social relationships, includes: trouble with social relationships, includes: avoidant, dependent, obsessive compulsive avoidant, dependent, obsessive compulsive

Eccentric:Eccentric: people appear odd, eccentric, people appear odd, eccentric, and don’t get along with others, includes: and don’t get along with others, includes: schizoid, schizotypical, paranoidschizoid, schizotypical, paranoid

Samantha’s DisorderSamantha’s Disorder

Histrionic:Histrionic: excessive attention seeking, and excessive attention seeking, and emotionality, sexually provocative, opinions emotionality, sexually provocative, opinions shallow, display strong emotions in public, shallow, display strong emotions in public,

suggestible and excessive need for attention.suggestible and excessive need for attention. Narcissistic:Narcissistic: need to be admired, need to be admired,

strong sense of self-importance, lack of strong sense of self-importance, lack of insight into other people’s feelings. insight into other people’s feelings.

CASE STUDY – Narcissism in CASE STUDY – Narcissism in CelebritiesCelebrities

Narcissistic Personality Inventory used to Narcissistic Personality Inventory used to assess the degree of narcissism in assess the degree of narcissism in celebrities compared to the population. celebrities compared to the population.

Definition of a celebrity?Definition of a celebrity? Participants & ProcedureParticipants & Procedure Findings & ConclusionsFindings & Conclusions Parallel to SamanthaParallel to Samantha Future Directions: nature vs. nurture side Future Directions: nature vs. nurture side

of narcissism.of narcissism.

ReferencesReferences (2007). (2007). Samantha JonesSamantha Jones. Retrieved March 3, . Retrieved March 3,

2007, from Wikipedia Encyclopedia. 2007, from Wikipedia Encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Joneshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Jones

Larsen, Randy & David Buss. “Personality Larsen, Randy & David Buss. “Personality Psychology: Domains of Knowledge About Human Psychology: Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature”. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2005. Nature”. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2005.

Young, M., & Pinsky, D. (2006). Narcissism and Young, M., & Pinsky, D. (2006). Narcissism and Celebrity. Celebrity. Journal of Research in PersonalityJournal of Research in Personality, 40 , 40 (5) 463-471. Retrieved March 12, 2007, from (5) 463-471. Retrieved March 12, 2007, from EBSCOhost database (Academic Search Premier). EBSCOhost database (Academic Search Premier).

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