Arrogance, like salt on food, is a matter of taste -- what's a perfect dose of confidence for one person crosses the line into baseless self-regard for others. But now scientists are taking a more ...

The following is adapted from this year's acceptance speech for the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, awarded by the National Book Critics Circle. When I was an intern at The Nation, ...

As America scaled greater and greater heights of economic prosperity through most of the 20th century, the rest of the world (in particular Asia) complained bitterly about American arrogance. The ...

Sometimes it starts with an eye roll. Maybe a proposal of yours gets rejected and one you think sounds pretty dumb gets approved in its place. Ugh. You try keeping your feelings to yourself, but your ...

Confidence is a vitally important personality trait, but you might worry that acting more confident could come off as arrogant. Fortunately, there are distinct indicators that distinguish the former ...

Overconfidence can delude us into dangerous thought or actions – and that same arrogance can also spread to others like wildfire, too. In the late 1980s, the aptly named psychologist James Reason ...

The guy down the hall from you might be an arrogant jerk — but what kind of arrogant jerk? There are three types of arrogance, according to a new literature review team of psychology researchers at ...

Wealth Built on Grudges Breeds Arrogance Self Employed Create feedback loops: Invite honest pushback from people who aren’t ...

In an article for Psychology Today, Dr. Glenn Geher, professor of psychology at State University of New York at New Paltz, explains how arrogance can hold advantages. 1. Arrogant people aren’t afraid ...

“Humility” isn’t a word that most academics — or Americans — identify with. Indeed, if there is a single attitude most closely associated with our culture, it’s the opposite of humility. The defining ...