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RECOGNITION SEEKER [1 record]

Record 1 1988-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Group Dynamics
DEF

The person who speaks often usually about himself or his experience.

CONT

When a member draws undue attention to himself by talking excessively, advocating extreme ideas, or behaving in an unusual manner, he is seeking recognition. Often, after a statement is made by someone else, the recognition seeker will add an example or repeat in different words what has been said. He may divert the discussion with a meaningless anecdote in which he is the center of the tale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dynamique des groupes
DEF

Personne qui a l'habitude de parler beaucoup en exagérant, en promettant, en se vantant.

CONT

(...) L'amateur de prestige [vise] à se faire valoir et à attirer l'attention par tous les moyens [et est] souvent susceptible devant la critique.

OBS

Amateur s'emploie pour une femme comme pour un homme : (...) Cette femme est un amateur d'art. (...) Amatrice n'a pu s'imposer.

Spanish

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