Discuss the two theories discussed in the text about the possible causes of narcissistic personality disorder
What will be an ideal response?
1. Children go through a phase of grandiosity and lack of empathy. If parents mirror some of this grandiosity, children develop normal self-confidence and self-worth. Narcissistic personality disorder develops if parents are neglectful, devaluing, or unempathic to the child. The child then keeps searching for affirmation of an idealized and grandiose sense of self. 2. Narcissistic personality disorder comes from unrealistic parental overevaluation. Parents overindulge their child and teach the child that he/she can get whatever he/she wants without effort or caring about others. GRADING RUBRIC: 10 points, 5 points for each theory.
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