Week 3: The Dark Triad Flashcards
What are the characteristics of narcissism?
Grandiosity, dominance, entitlement and egotism
What are the characteristics of machiavellianism?
Manipulation of others, cynicism, pragmatic morality
What are the characteristics of psychopathy?
Impulsivity, thrill seeking, lack of empathy or anxiety
How could the dark triad be evolutionary?
Exploiting other members of our group can help us to survive and attract mates. It’s adaptive in larger social groups that are loosly connected.
Are people high in the dark triad, high or low in k factor?
Low
How is the dark triad negative frequency dependent?
Only has a positive effect if few people posess it, otherwise the group would fall apart due to lack of cooperation and cohesion
What kind of selection is used for the evolutionary basis of the dark triad?
Fluctuating selection
Where do people fall on the agency-communion scale if they are high in the dark triad?
High agency (dominant) and low communion (cold)
What traits in the big 5 correlate with narcissism and psychopathy?
High Extraversion and openness
What traits in the big 5 correlate with machiaevellianism and psychopathy?
Low conscientiousness
How is neuroticism linked to psychopathy?
Low neuroticism, high psychopathy
What traits in the big 5 correlate with the dark triad as a whole?
Low agreeableness and honesty
What is overclaiming measure?
Participants were asked to rate their familiarity with certain measures, 20% of which were made up. Narcists were likely to lie and rate themselves highly in everything
What is every day sadism?
Callousness, enjoying cruelty and seeking opportunities to cause suffering
What behaviours are predicted by everyday sadism?
Vandalism and online trolling
What are the 2 componants of narcissism?
Adaptive/Admiration
Maladaptive/Rivalry
What are the characteristics of adaptive narcissism?
Authority
Self-sufficiency
High self esteem
Self enhancing using both public and private stratergies
What are the characteristics of maladaptive narcissism?
Entitlement
Exploitativeness
Exhebitionism
Self enhancing and protecting using public stratergies
What is the dynamic self regulatory processing model of narcissism?
Split into mental constructs and self regulation processes, both for the self and others
What are the two componants of psychopathy?
Instrumental/Primary
Hostile/Reactive/Secondary
What are the characteristics of primary psychopathy?
Shallow affect Lack of empathy Interpersonal coldness Emotionally stable Negative correlation to neuroticism
What are the characteristics of primary psychopathy?
Impulsivity
Responsibility
Agression
Positive correlation to neuroticism
How can sexual behaviour be explained by the dark triad?
They’re more likely to have hook ups and steal other people’s partners - and have their own stolen
They retain mates using aggression which usually contributes to break ups
How can aggressive behaviour be explained by the dark triad?
Psychopathy related to physical, verbal and premeditated aggression
Machiavellianism related to physical and verbal aggression as well as hostility
Narcissism is related to hostility and reactive aggression
How can criminal behaviour be explained by the dark triad?
Psychopathy predicts all delinquent behaviour, including more serious crime
Machiavellianism predicts bulling and minor crime
Narcissism predicts bullying, drugs, anti-authority acts and minor crime. Related to white collar crime. Youth offenders were higher in it too
Cheating is related to all traits but most strongly to psychopathy
There is widespread evidence of high psychopathy in offenders but with little attention to subcomponents
How can relationships be explained by narcissism?
They make good first impressions but this wears off over time. They have a ludus style of love with low commitment and a focus on alternatives
Unlikely to have long term relationships but attractive for short term flings
