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Samantha Jones
~ Jessica McNichol
Abstract
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Bibliography
Personality Traits
Five Factor Model
Personality Stability
Assortive Mating
Manipulation
Personality Disorders
Case Study
- Narcissism in Celebrities
Bibliography
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Fictional character in Sex and the City.
Played by actress Kim Cattrall.
Born in 1958, 45 years old on the show.
Comes from an non-wealthy family.
She owns a public relations company.
Most sexually liberated of friends.
Storylines revolve around many men and
sex she has.
Personality Traits
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Traits:
are internal desires, needs, and wants that are causal in
that they explain behaviour.
Samantha’s internal desire
Samantha’s Personality Traits:
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Impulsive
Reliable
Outspoken
Promiscuous
Loyal
Five Factor Model of Personality
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5 taxonomies of personality traits that
have both high and low scores.
Extroversion
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Neuroticism
Openness to experience
Samantha’s Factor Model
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High Extroversion
Low Agreeableness
High Conscientiousness
Middle Neuroticism
High Openness to
New Experience
Predictability and 5 Factor
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Good Grades: high C, high emotionally stable
Risky Sexual Behaviour: high N, low C, low A
Alcohol Assumption: high E, low C
Everest Climber: high E, emotionally stable
Happiness: high E, low N
Leadership Effectiveness: high E, high A, high C
Personality Stability
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Rank Order Stability:
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Personality Coherence: underlying trait that stays
in a group your position in
that group stays the same over time, the maintenance of
personality in group.
the same, but the way it is shown changes.
Assortive Mating for Personality
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Attraction Similarity Theory:
people are
attracted to those who have similar personality
characteristics.
Samantha’s Love Interests
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Richard Wright: hotel executive, no monogamy
Maria: famous artist
Smith Jerrod: actor/model
Violation of Desire Theory
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Break ups should occur more when one’s
desires are violated than when they are
fulfilled.
Samantha’s Break ups
Manipulation
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All the ways in which people intentionally
try to change the behaviour of others.
Types:
Coercion
 Silent Treatment
 Reason
 Regression
 Self Abasement
 Charm
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Responsibility Invocation
Hardball
Pleasure Induction
Social Comparison
Monetary Reward
Samantha’s Manipulations
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Charm
Regression
Hardball
Pleasure Induction
Social Comparison
Personality Disorders
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It is an enduring pattern of experience
and behaviour that differs greatly from the
expectations of the individual’s culture.
It is manifested in how people think, feel,
get along with others, and ability to
control behaviour
Clusters of Disorders
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Erratic:
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Anxious:
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Eccentric:
emotional, difficulty getting along with
others, unpredictable, and, violent, includes:
antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic
fearful, apprehensive, and have
trouble with social relationships, includes:
avoidant, dependent, obsessive compulsive
people appear odd, eccentric, and
don’t get along with others, includes: schizoid,
schizotypical, paranoid
Samantha’s Disorder
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Histrionic:
excessive attention seeking, and
emotionality, sexually provocative, opinions shallow,
display strong emotions in public, suggestible and
excessive need for attention.
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Narcissistic:
need to be admired,
strong sense of self-importance, lack of
insight into other people’s feelings.
CASE STUDY – Narcissism in
Celebrities
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Narcissistic Personality Inventory used to assess
the degree of narcissism in celebrities compared
to the population.
Definition of a celebrity?
Participants & Procedure
Findings & Conclusions
Parallel to Samantha
Future Directions: nature vs. nurture side of
narcissism.
References
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(2007). Samantha Jones. Retrieved March 3, 2007, from
Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Jones
Larsen, Randy & David Buss. “Personality Psychology:
Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature”. McGrawHill, New York, 2005.
Young, M., & Pinsky, D. (2006). Narcissism and Celebrity.
Journal of Research in Personality, 40 (5) 463-471.
Retrieved March 12, 2007, from EBSCOhost database
(Academic Search Premier).
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Marking Scheme
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60% CONTENT
10% APA
5% CONCLUSIONS
5% GRAMMAR
20% STYLE
BONUS – future research – an actual
study