Psychological Development and Education ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 528-537.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2020.05.03

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Cognitive Processing Preferences of Different Types of Narcissists for Self-related Information

HOU Yongqing1,3, HOU Wanying2, ZHOU Aibao3   

  1. 1. Guangyuan Mental Health Center, Guangyuan 628000;
    2. Department of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100101;
    3. School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070
  • Published:2020-09-12

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Abstract: Using people names and adjectives words as materials, Narcissism Personality Scale was used to assess the level of overt narcissists and overt narcissists; Visual search task and memory test task were used to examine the attention and memory of individuals to relevant information, and to explore the cognitive processing preferences of different types of narcissists to self-related information. The results showed that high-level narcissists had more cognitive processing preferences than low-level narcissists; high-level overt narcissists had more memory preferences for positive words than low-level narcissists; high-level covert narcissists had more memory preferences for negative words than low-level covert narcissists. The participates had a higher preference for cognitive processing of information closely related to themselves, and the advantage of their own information was more obvious. Highly overt narcissists had a preference for cognitive processing of positive information related to themselves and familiar people than low overt narcissists. Highly covert narcissists have cognitive processing preferences only for their own negative information compared with low covert narcissists. The results show that different types of narcissists have different cognitive processing preferences for self-related information, and different types of narcissism have an impact on the cognitive processing process and results of self-related information.

Key words: overt narcissism, covert narcissism, self-related information, cognitive processing preference

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  • B844
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