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It is important to be clear on the meaning of projected confidence and how it differs from self-confidence. Self-confidence is personal assuredness in one’s own ability or judgment. Projected confidence is the ability to ingrain that confidence onto others; in other words, have others believe in your competence.
Introduction
Following from the previous chapter, this entry focuses on how individuals may use manipulative communication with others via projected confidence in order to protect or enhance their self-esteem. It will also demonstrate how the specific personality construct, narcissism, may accentuate this from an evolutionary perspective.
Self-Enhancement
It could be argued that self-enhancement is the root of projecting confidence onto others. Self-enhancement involves a self-directed effort by an individual to increase the positivity of their public image (Wallace 2011). The personality construct that is most well known...
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Blinkhorn, V. (2016). Projected Confidence. In: Weekes-Shackelford, V., Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1457-1
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