Case study of Donald Trump

case study: donald trump - hexaco personality (3)

• 45th and 47th president of USA, businessman, and tv personality

• hexaco model - low on honesty- humility, emotionality and agreeableness

• honestly humility facet level percentiles - low on sincerity, fairness, greed avoidance and modesty

which instinct dominates donald trump’s personality (4)

• driven by agency

• promotes violence

• described himself as an aggressive child

• aggressive/ hostile personality

donald trumps’ id, ego, superego (5)

• id is the most prominent as impulsivity is a very defining trait of his

• ego not very developed

• may have a strong superego but have different morality

  • underdeveloped

  • lack of consideration of others

donald trump’s defence mechanisms (4)

• rationalisation - claimed he had a defective microphone during the debate

• denial - “lock up”

• reaction formation

• projection

narcissism in donald trump (7)

• inflated self admiration

• excessive focus on self

• bragging, attention seeking

• superiority, entitlement

• sensitivity to criticism

• degrading, attacking others

• go to any lengths to be seen as perfect by others, not hiding but lying even more to be seen as right

analysing trump’s behaviour for narcissism

interrupted alot during debates

analysing trumps’ speechs for narcissism (5)

• analysed speeches of 9 republican presidential candidates and compared against trump

• he used higher rate of first person pronouns usage compared to others, demonstrating grandiosity in speech

• trump scored higher on the criteria for narcissism for derogation and boasting

• tweets 4 months after announcement and follower/ following ratio correlated with number of states and territories won, narcissism expressed on social media makes a good first impression

• boasting was only correlated to narcissism rating from speeches compared to derogation

which type narcissism does trump display

grandiose narcissism

donald trump’s ego development (4)

• grew up in an authoritarian household and his father was described as a sociopath

• may not have developed a strong sense of competence early in life, didn’t feel good enough that might have ben due to his father having a winner and loser perspective in life

• evidence that fred trump favoured another sibling and only viewed donald trump as favourite later in life, which can result in the development of senes of incompetence

• perhaps explanation for development of high narcissism

splitting in donald trump

fred trump’s black and white thinking of winner vs losers

adult attachment style for donald trump

hard to say given his relationship with wife, lack of intimacy can be dismissive avoidant style