You may hear someone who’s cocky, image-focused, or loves the sound of their own voice called a narcissist in conversation. True narcissism, however, is a far deeper, darker issue. Narcissistic ...

"Keeping in mind all traits fall on a spectrum of severity, a person can be 'a little' cocky or arrogant, or 'very' cocky or arrogant," Parisi says. "Same is true of narcissism.

While we all have our own distinct personality, our dominant traits make up the core of who we are, ... Don't mistake that meaning you are cocky, however. Advertisement.

However, when asked which personality traits they find the most attractive, ... Here are five ways you can avoid crossing the line from confident to cocky during your next interview.

People living in societies with more corruption, inequality, poverty and violence are more likely to exhibit "dark" personality traits—like narcissism, psychopathy and spitefulness.

People with sadistic and vindictive personality traits were likeliest to tell vindictive lies. Those with narcissistic traits were likelier to tell self-serving lies, though that correlation was weak.