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Published June 16, 2011, 12:00 AM

Confident generation


Students at San Diego State University students walk on campus Tuesday, June 14, 2011, in San Diego. Among academics who track the behaviors of young adults and teens, there’s a touchy debate: Should the word "entitled" be used when talking about today's younger people? San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge has made a career out of finding data that she says shows that college students and others their age are more self-centered _ narcissistic even _ than past generations. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Read the article: FEELING 'ABOVE AVERAGE': More college freshmen confident, if not overconfident