The Personality Levels Of Donald Trump

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People are complex beings with complex minds and there are many intriguing individuals one can attempt to analyze. One such example is Donald Trump. It can be incredibly difficult to dissect a personality, especially one like his, in order to see into their lives and get an idea of who they are why they do what they do. In Dan P. McAdams’ What Do We Know When We Know A Person?, personalities are broken down into three levels. Level one consists of non-conditional and broad decontextualized traits such as the Big Five (extraversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism) and provides a dispositional description of personality (McAdams, 1995). Level two digs deeper, including personal concerns and strivings, defense mechanisms, coping methods, motivations, and life tasks (McAdams, 1995). Beyond that lies level three, a person’s identity and life story that makes up one’s personality. By delving into the personality levels of Donald Trump, one can get a better idea of what makes him do what he does.
Beginning with the dispositional traits of level one, Donald Trump rates high on extraversion, displaying an inclination for talkativeness along with a confident, ranging near cocky, demeanor consistent with those high in extraversion. Dan McAdams (2016a) writes in the Atlantic that, in …show more content…

(2018, January) Donald Trump. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Donald-Trump
McAdams, D. (1995). What Do We Know When We Know A Person? Journal of Personality. 63:3. 365-391.
McAdams, D.(2016a). The Mind of Donald Trump. The Atlantic. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/the-mind-of-donald-trump/480771/
McAdams, D.(2016b). A Psychological Trap: Making Sense of Donald Trump’s Life and Personality. The Guardian. Retrieved from

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