Question

Jan’s roommate, Thelma, is always bragging about how well she is doing in her classes, about how much her professors admire and respect her, and that she is destined to be a great criminal defense attorney. When Jan points out Thelma’s poor writing skills, Thelma cries because Jan doesn’t appreciate her immense talents. Jan and her friends get irritated with Thelma because she expects to be given special treatment by her professors and fellow students. If Thelma has a psychological disorder, it would most likely be __________ personality disorder.

Answer 1

Narcissistic

Step-by-step explanation:

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

This is commonly known as a pervasive pattern of behavior. It is simply one's need for admiration, and lack of remorse or feelings. It is said to occur first during early adulthood and later shows up present in a variety of ways, such as

1. When the individual has a behavioral sense of self-importance such as the person exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be known as superior without equal achievements.

2. The individual is of have the mindset that he or she is "special" or simply unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people, institution etc.

It is simply an issues of self-regard, self-esteem regulation, self-representation etc.