Editing Superiority complex (section)

==Other interpretations ==
*In contrast, an edition of the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]] that was published about twenty years after Alfred Adler's works disagreed that superiority complex (under the formal name of grandiose delusion in the DSM IV) came solely from the effects of an inferiority complex.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-IV|date=1994 |publisher=American Psychiatric Association|isbn=0890420610|edition=4th|location=Washington, DC |oclc=29953039|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/diagnosticstati00amer}}</ref> The DSM IV states that a second cause to this delusional disorder could stem from an exaggerated emotional state.
*Ada Kahn has argued that the superiority and inferiority complexes cannot both be found in the same individual, since an individual with a superiority complex truly believes that they are superior to others.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Facing fears : the sourcebook for phobias, fears, and anxieties|last=Kahn |first=Ada P.|date=2000|publisher=Checkmark Books|others=Doctor, Ronald M. (Ronald Manual)|isbn=0816039925|location=[[New York City | New York]]|oclc=42603180|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/facingfearssourc00kahn}}</ref> She claimed that{{snd}}whereas an inferiority complex may manifest with the behaviors that are intended to show others that one is superior, such as expensive material possessions, or an obsession with vanity and appearances to conceal feelings of inadequacy{{snd}}those with superiority complexes do not always care about image or vanity, since they have innate feelings of superiority, and thus do not usually concern themselves with proving their superiority to others.
*Vera Hoorens says that those exhibiting the superiority complex have a [[self-image]] of [[Supremacism|supremacy]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Hoorens|first=Vera|date=December 1995|title=Self-Favoring Biases, Self-Presentation, and the Self-Other Asymmetry in Social Comparison|journal=[[Journal of Personality]]|volume=63|issue=4|pages=793–817 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-6494.1995.tb00317.x|issn=0022-3506}}</ref> Whereas individuals with an [[inferiority complex]] tend to present themselves in the best light possible, those with a superiority complex may not even attempt to make themselves look good, or to express their superiority to others. They may speak as if they are all-knowing and better than others, but ultimately do not care if others think so or not, much like with the [[cognitive bias]] known as [[illusory superiority]].<ref name=":1" /> Accordingly, they may be viewed in a negative light by those around them, since they are not concerned with the opinions of others about themselves.  Other people may not distinguish between those with low self-opinion who care deeply about the opinion of others, and those with the actual complex, who feel superior and with high [[self-esteem]], and do not care at all about the opinion of others.