Persoanlity Research Paper – Narcissitic Behavior
In 2,000-2,500-words develop a position paper in which you:
- Relate your chosen topic to personality development.
- You must have a well-developed thesis and strong argumentation to support your thesis.
- Your paper should be steeped in research with little filler or non-supported conclusions.
- Use of first person is not allowed.
- Your paper must conform to APA writing standards including the use of APA formatted in-text citations from research and credible sources on the Internet to support your position.
- Your paper must include eight to ten scholarly sources. About.com, SimplyPsychology, VeryWellMind, and Wikipedia are not considered scholarly sources. Nothing over 5 years old!
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency.
BS Psychology, No Emphasis
BS Psychology, Emphasis in Performance and Sport Psychology
1.2 Apply theoretical perspectives in psychology.
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This is an electronic template for papers written in APA style (American Psychological Association, 2010). The purpose of the template is to help the student set the margins and spacing. Margins are set at 1 inch for top, bottom, left, and right. The type is left-justified only—that means the left margin is straight, but the right margin is ragged. Each paragraph is indented five spaces. It is best to use the tab key to indent. The line spacing is double throughout the paper, even on the reference page. One space is used after punctuation at the end of sentences. The font style used in this template is Times New Roman and the font size is 12.
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In addition to spacing, APA style includes a special way of citing resource articles. See the APA manual for specifics regarding in-text citations. The APA manual also discusses the desired tone of writing, grammar, punctuation, formatting for numbers, and a variety of other important topics. Although the APA style rules are used in this template, the purpose of the template is only to demonstrate spacing and the general parts of the paper. The student will need to refer to the APA manual for other format directions. GCU has prepared an APA Style Guide available in the Student Writing Center for additional help in correctly formatting according to APA style.
The reference list should appear at the end of a paper (see the next page). It provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite in the body of the paper. Each source you cite in the paper must appear in your reference list; likewise, each entry in the reference list must be cited in your text. A sample reference page is included below; this page includes examples of how to format different reference types (e.g., books, journal articles, information from a website). The examples on the following page include examples taken directly from the APA manual.
References
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Daresh, J. C. (2004). Beginning the assistant principalship: A practical guide for new school administrators. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225-229. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2003). Managing asthma: A guide for schools (NIH Publication No. 02-2650). Retrieved from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
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NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER
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NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Thesis Statement: Narcissistic personality disorder comes with many complications or challenges that are often destructive to the individual and loved ones, create problems at school or within the workplace, and causes the tendency to misuse alcohol and drugs.
Difficulty relating with friends and loved ones:
· In their research, Miller, et al (2010) has shown that patients with a narcissistic personality disorder may experience failure in a wide area of their lives including areas of relationship with family and friends. This article relates to this main point in that it that NPD often destroys the life of the patient in the long run if not treated.
· Watson, et al, (1992) also show that patients with a narcissistic personality disorder may have issues with their self-esteem and often lack empathy towards others. This often affects their romantic relationships and how they relate with their friends and family members.
Problems at school and or workplace:
· Stellwagen, & Kerig, (2013) show that narcissistic attitude can also affect school-going children. These researchers theorize that NPD may create antisocial behavior in school going children which in turn may affect their relationships with teachers and other students at school.
The tendency to misuse alcohol and drugs:
· A research report by Catterson, et al, (1997) showed that a young woman died from complications relating to alcohol misuse as this patient was struggling with some personality disorder. The researchers observed that the eating disorder as a style of narcissism that may have caused sadness, and aggression. At the same time, these researchers detail how alcoholism may have created severe medical complications that may have led to the death of the case in question. This research article relates to the point of the tendency of patients misusing alcohol and drugs in that the researchers detail how alcohol may have created the medical complications relating to alcohol abuse that led to the death of the patient in question.
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A survey by Pietrzak, et al, (2012) shows that symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder may cause social or occupational dysfunction that could drive a patient to indulge in alcohol or drug misuse. This survey report relates to the point of misuse of alcohol and drugs in that it shows the possibility of the complications that may be brought about by narcissistic personality disorder.
· Conclusion:
One of the things this research revealed is that narcissistic personality disorder often causes complications and or challenges in several areas of their lives including their financial affairs, personal relationships, difficult relationships with coworkers, clients, and bosses at the workplace, and difficulties relating with teachers, support staff, and fellow students at school. With these imminent difficulties, it, therefore, follows that the patient should consider seeking treatment from a trusted doctor who could help make life enjoyable and more rewarding.
References NONE OF THESE ARE GOOD. ALL TOO OLD
Catterson, M. L., Pryor, T. L., Burke, M. J., & Morgan, C. D. (1997). Death due to alcoholic complications in a young woman with a severe eating disorder: A case report. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 21(3), 303-305.
Miller, J. D., Widiger, T. A., & Campbell, W. K. (2010). Narcissistic personality disorder and the DSM-V. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119(4), 640.
Stellwagen, K. K., & Kerig, P. K. (2013). Dark triad personality traits and theory of mind among school-age children. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(1), 123-127.
Pietrzak, R. H., Goldstein, R. B., Southwick, S. M., & Grant, B. F. (2012). Psychiatric comorbidity of full and partial posttraumatic stress disorder among older adults in the United States: results from wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(5), 380-390.
Watson, P. J., Little, T., Sawrie, S. M., & Biderman, M. D. (1992). Measures of the narcissistic personality: Complexity of relationships with self-esteem and empathy. Journal of Personality Disorders, 6(4), 434-449.
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| Course Code | Class Code | Assignment Title | Total Points | |||||||
| PSY-255 | PSY-255-O500 | Benchmark – Personality Research Paper | 140.0 | |||||||
| Criteria | Percentage | Unsatisfactory (0.00%) | Less than Satisfactory (65.00%) | Satisfactory (75.00%) | Good (85.00%) | Excellent (100.00%) | Comments | Points Earned | ||
| Content | 70.0% | |||||||||
| Relevant topic to Personality Psychology | 3 | 5.0% | Does not demonstrate an understanding of the assignment directions; does not have a topic that is relevant to personality psychology. | Demonstrates little understanding of the assignment directions; includes topic relevant to personality psychology, but the information provided is incorrect or inaccurate. | Correctly describes a relevant topic to personality psychology. | Correctly describes a topic relevant to personality psychology and includes an accurate description of why the topic is relevant in personality psychology. | Correctly describes a topic relevant to personality psychology and includes an accurate description of why the topic is relevant in personality psychology; and provides examples of the topics relevance in the world of personality psychology. | |||
| Topic position supported with research (C1.2) | Does not demonstrate an understanding of the assignment directions; does not support the relevance of the topic selected with research. | Demonstrates little understanding of the assignment directions; includes research on why the selected topic is relevant in personality psychology, but the information provided is incorrect or inaccurate. | Correctly supports topic relevance with valid research. | Correctly supports topic relevance with valid research and includes a description of why the research further supports the relevance of the topic in personality psychology. | Correctly supports topic relevance with Scholarly research and includes a description of why the research supports the relevance of the topic ; and provides examples of additional research that further supports the relevancy of the topic in personality psychology. | |||||
| Organization and Effectiveness | 20.0% | |||||||||
| Thesis Development and Purpose | 7.0% | Paper lacks any discernible overall purpose or organizing claim. | Thesis and/or main claim are insufficiently developed and/or vague; purpose is not clear. | Thesis and/or main claim are apparent and appropriate to purpose. | Thesis and/or main claim are clear and forecast the development of the paper. It is descriptive and reflective of the arguments and appropriate to the purpose. | Thesis and/or main claim are comprehensive; contained within the thesis is the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear. | ||||
| Paragraph Development and Transitions | 8.0% | Paragraphs and transitions consistently lack unity and coherence. No apparent connections between paragraphs are established. Transitions are inappropriate to purpose and scope. Organization is disjointed. | Some paragraphs and transitions may lack logical progression of ideas, unity, coherence, and/or cohesiveness. Some degree of organization is evident. | Paragraphs are generally competent, but ideas may show some inconsistency in organization and/or in their relationships to each other. | A logical progression of ideas between paragraphs is apparent. Paragraphs exhibit a unity, coherence, and cohesiveness. Topic sentences and concluding remarks are appropriate to purpose. | There is a sophisticated construction of paragraphs and transitions. Ideas progress and relate to each other. Paragraph and transition construction guide the reader. Paragraph structure is seamless. | ||||
| Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) | Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice and/or sentence construction are used. | Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register) and/or word choice are present. Sentence structure is correct but not varied. | Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct and varied sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are employed. | Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. The writer uses a variety of effective sentence structures and figures of speech. | Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. | |||||
| 10.0% | ||||||||||
| Paper Format (use of appropriate style for the major and assignment) | GCU template is not used appropriately or documentation format is rarely followed correctly. | GCU template is used, but some elements are missing or mistaken; lack of control with formatting is apparent. | GCU template is used, and formatting is correct, although some minor errors may be present. | GCU template is fully used; There are virtually no errors in formatting style. | All format elements are correct. | |||||
| Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style) | Sources are not documented. | Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors. | Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, although some formatting errors may be present. | Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct. | Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error. | |||||
| Total Weightage | 100% |