(Self) Esteem – “self-confidence” – “score highly … relative to their international peers”
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Nearly 40 percent of U.S. high school students do not
take any science more challenging than general biology. 55% do not take any math courses beyond two years of
algebra and one year of geometry. American students score highly in one area relative to
their international peers self-confidence Two Million
Minutes, documentary shown on PBS
9/30/2008 |
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Robert Compton’s Homepage: http://www.2mminutes.com/ 2009 documentaries on DVD are: § Two Million Minutes in India – Chapter 2: A Deeper Look at Indian Education §
Two Million
Minutes in China – Chapter 3: A Deeper
Look at Chinese Education |
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Today's
college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their
predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists
who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and
American society. "We need to stop endlessly repeating 'You're
special' and having children repeat that back," said the study's lead
author, Professor Jean Twenge of San Diego State
University. "Kids are self-centered enough already." Twenge and her colleagues, in
findings to be presented at a workshop Tuesday in
San Diego on the generation gap, examined the responses of 16,475 college
students nationwide who completed an evaluation called the Narcissistic
Personality Inventory between 1982 and 2006. The standardized inventory, known as the NPI, asks for
responses to such statements as "If I ruled the world, it would be a
better place," "I think I am a special person" and "I can
live my life any way I want to." The researchers describe their study as the largest ever
of its type and say students' NPI scores have risen
steadily since the current test was introduced in 1982. By 2006, they said, two-thirds of the students had above-average
scores, 30 percent more than in 1982. "Study: College students
more narcissistic” Associated Press By David Crary,
AP National Writer February 27, 2007 |
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To see that data as a table: |
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Date of Sample |
Scores on the Narcissistic
Personality Inventory (NPI) |
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1982 |
About 50% of the
students tested had above average
scores on the NPI |
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2006 |
About 66.6% of the
students tested had above average
scores on the NPI |
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