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Narcissism in psychological perspective: Models, structure, significance

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Course ID: 2500-PL-PS-FO4-13
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0313) Psychology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Narcissism in psychological perspective: Models, structure, significance
Name in Polish: Narcyzm w ujęciu psychologicznym: Modele, struktura, znaczenie
Organizational unit: Faculty of Psychology
Course groups: (in Polish) Fakultety ogólnoakademickie
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 4.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: Polish
Prerequisites (description):

(in Polish) Kryteria naboru:

rok II-V

Short description:

The aim of this class is to present narcissism in a psychological perspective. During the seminar, we will discuss both historical concepts of narcissism (rooted in the psychoanalysis) as well as modern research from personality psychology. Students will learn various models of narcissism, its structure and measurement methods. Moreover, the correlates and conssequences of narcissism for everyday life will be presented.

Learning outcomes:

Student's knowledge:

- lists and characterizes various forms of narcissism

- knows different models of narcissism

- lists the most important correlates of narcissism

Student skills:

- can diagnose the trait of narcissism

- can use various tools to measure narcissism

- can distinguish narcissism as a typical personality trait and as a manifestation of psychopathology

Student's social competences:

- estimates the level of narcissism

- sees the relationship between narcissism and mental functioning in various areas

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28
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Type of class:
Seminar, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: (unknown)
Group instructors: Marcin Zajenkowski
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Examination: Course - Grading
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Full description:

The classes are aimed at introducing the knowledge about narcissism from psychological perspective. During the seminar, both historical theories derived from psychoanalysis and the latest research in the field of personality psychology will be discussed. Models of narcissism, research on its structure and measurement methods will be presented. Moreover, during the course the manifestations of narcissism, emotions, beliefs and features specific to narcissistic people will be discussed.

Bibliography: (in Polish)

Back, M. D., Küfner, A. C. P., Dufner, M., Gerlach, T. M.,

Rauthmann, J. F., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2013). Narcissistic

admiration and rivalry: Disentangling the bright and dark

sides of narcissism. Journal of Personality and Social

Psychology, 105, 1013–1037.

Brummelman, E., Thomaes, S., & Sedikides, C. (2016).

Separating narcissism from self-esteem. Current Directions

in Psychological Science, 25, 8–13.

Bushman, B. J., & Baumeister, R. F. (1998). Threatened egotism,

narcissism, self-esteem, and direct and displaced

aggression: Does self-love or self-hate lead to violence?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 219–

229.

Campbell, W. K., & Foster, J. D. (2007). The narcissistic self:

Background, an extended agency model, and ongoing

controversies. In C. Sedikides & S. J. Spencer (Eds.),

Frontiers of social psychology: The self (pp. 115–138). New

York, NY: Psychology Press.

Gebauer, J. E., Sedikides, C., Verplanken, B., & Maio, G. R.

(2012). Communal narcissism. Journal of Personality and

Social Psychology, 103, 854–878.

Hermann, A. D., Brunnell, A. B., & Foster, J. D. (Eds.). (2018).

Handbook of trait narcissism: Key advances, research

methods, and controversies. New York, NY: Springer.

Krizan, Z., & Herlache, A. D. (2017). The narcissism spectrum

model: A synthetic view of narcissistic personality.

Personality and Social Psychology Review, 22, 3–31.

Morf, C. C., & Rhodewalt, F. (2001). Unraveling the paradoxes

of narcissism: A dynamic self-regulatory processing

model. Psychological Inquiry, 12, 177–196.

Zajenkowski, M., & Dufner, M. (2020). Why do narcissists care so much about

intelligence? Current Directions in Psychological Science., 29, 261–266."

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