Directory of past directors of undergraduate research at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics: Victoria Beach (2016-17); Meghan Keaveny (2017-18), assisted by Katlin Rice (spring 2018); Victoria Beach (2016-17); Katelyn Hendrickson (2019-19).
Summary: Donald Trump’s primary personality patterns are ambitious / exploitative (a measure of narcissism), and outgoing / impulsive (a measure of extraversion). Secondarily, Trump exhibits a dominant / controlling pattern, supplemented by dauntless / adventurous and contentious / resolute tendencies — a personality composite best labeled a “high-dominance charismatic.”
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Trump, Carson in Close Fight in Iowa Poll By Mark Hensch August 27, 2015 Excerpts Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and businessman Donald Trump are neck-and-neck...
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