What Explains Donald Trump’s Arrogance?
What Explains Donald Trump’s Arrogance? By David Gergen CNN Senior Political Analyst August 10, 2015 Excerpts Donald Trump’s behavior on stage Thursday night and in...
What Explains Donald Trump’s Arrogance? By David Gergen CNN Senior Political Analyst August 10, 2015 Excerpts Donald Trump’s behavior on stage Thursday night and in...
Ben Carson’s personality is dominant/assertive, ambitious/confident, and conscientious/respectful.
By Sarah Moore and Aubrey Immelman Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics March 8, 2008 Last Friday, Samantha Power, a foreign policy adviser...
Trump Driven by Narcissistic Dreams of Glory By Hannah Hoppe St. Cloud Times August 9, 2015 A high profile business mogul turned celebrity TV...
Summary: A psychological analysis (conducted summer 2015) of retired pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson — a contender for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election — by Hannah Hoppe and Aubrey Immelman, Ph.D., at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics, revealed that Carson’s most prominent personality patterns are Dominant/assertive, Ambitious/confident, and Conscientious/respectful. In summary, Carson’s personality composite can be characterized as a “confident, deliberative organizer.”
Summary: A psychological analysis (conducted summer 2015) of real estate mogul and television celebrity Donald Trump — a contender for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election — by Hannah Hoppe and Aubrey Immelman, Ph.D., at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics, revealed that Trump’s predominant personality pattern is Ambitious/self-serving (a measure of narcissism) with secondary features of the Dominant/controlling and Outgoing/gregarious patterns — a personality composite best characterized as a “high-dominance charismatic.” … October 2016 update: Donald Trump’s predominant personality patterns are Ambitious/exploitative (a measure of narcissism) and Outgoing/impulsive, infused with secondary features of the Dominant/controlling pattern, and supplemented by a Dauntless/adventurous tendency. This particular personality composite can be labeled “amorous narcissism” or, in political terms, “high-dominance charismatic” — charismatic by virtue of the highly elevated primary Ambitious–Outgoing amalgam.
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