Mind-Reading and Metacognition: Narcissism, not Actual Competence, Predicts Self-Estimated Ability

By D. Ames, Lara K. Kammrath. 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science

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In Pursuit of Greatness: CEO Narcissism, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Firm Performance Variance (2013, unknown): “This scale has been psychometrically validated (Ames and Kammrath, 2004) and is a shorter version of Raskin and Terry’s (1988) NPI-40.”
The affective and cognitive empathic nature of the dark triad of personality. (2012, background): “Since narcissism is associated with overestimation of self-abilities (e.g. Ames & Kammrath, 2004), one possible explanation for this result is that the narcissists' sense of grandiosity leads to overrating their ability to read and understand the emotions of Table 1 Descriptives, Cronbach's alphas,…”
The trouble with overconfidence. (2008, unknown): “…of personality (Schaefer, Williams, Goodie, & Campbell, 2004), gender (Niederle & Vesterlund, in press; Pulford & Colman, 1997; Soll & Klayman, 2004), narcissism (Ames & Kammrath, 2004; Campbell et al., 2004), and cognitive abilities (Kleitman & Stankov, in press; Stankov & Crawford, 1996).”
Too arrogant for their own good? Why and when narcissists dismiss advice (2015, background): “Moreover, narcissists usually engage in self-presentational strategies that magnify these characteristics (Ames & Kammrath, 2004).”
Humble Beginnings: Current Trends, State Perspectives, and Hallmarks of Humility (2013, background): “In an article of interpersonal sensitivity, most people overestimated their own ability, but narcissists more so than others (Ames & Kammrath, 2004).”
The NPI-16 as a short measure of narcissism (2006, background): “Further evidence for the validity of the NPI-16 comes from recent work by Ames and Kammrath (2004) on self-estimated performance in interpersonal judgments.”
The Relationship Between Narcissistic Exploitativeness, Dispositional Empathy, and Emotion Recognition Abilities (2014, background): “Unfortunately, prior research has not specifically examined the relationship between narcissistic dimensions, such as exploitativeness, and emotion reading (Ames and Kammrath 2004).”
The Social Perspective Taking Process: What Motivates Individuals to Take Another's Perspective? (2012, background): “For example, despite confidence in one’s SPT ability having minimal bearing on actual SPT ability (Ames & Kammrath, 2004; Hall, Andrzejewski, et al., 2009; Realo, et al., 2003), it does relate to the overall frequency with which people report engaging in SPT (Gehlbach, 2005, April).”
Self-presentation style in job interviews: the role of personality and culture (2013, background): “The fact that narcissists seem to truly believe their claims of superiority (see Ames & Kammrath, 2004) suggests that their self-presentational style extends beyond impression management to a form of self-deception (Horvath & Morf, 2010; Paulhus, 1998).”
The Dunning–Kruger Effect (2011, background): “Narcissism, as well, predicts how well people think they can mindread the intentions and emotions of others, irrespective of actual performance (Ames & Kammrath, 2004). p0570 However, narcissism appears to have an impact that is independent of competence.”