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1
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What are the characteristics of narcissism?

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Grandiosity, dominance, entitlement and egotism

2
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What are the characteristics of machiavellianism?

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Manipulation of others, cynicism, pragmatic morality

3
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What are the characteristics of psychopathy?

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Impulsivity, thrill seeking, lack of empathy or anxiety

4
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How could the dark triad be evolutionary?

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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.

5
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Are people high in the dark triad, high or low in k factor?

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Low

6
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How is the dark triad negative frequency dependent?

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Only has a positive effect if few people posess it, otherwise the group would fall apart due to lack of cooperation and cohesion

7
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What kind of selection is used for the evolutionary basis of the dark triad?

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Fluctuating selection

8
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Where do people fall on the agency-communion scale if they are high in the dark triad?

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High agency (dominant) and low communion (cold)

9
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What traits in the big 5 correlate with narcissism and psychopathy?

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High Extraversion and openness

10
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What traits in the big 5 correlate with machiaevellianism and psychopathy?

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Low conscientiousness

11
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How is neuroticism linked to psychopathy?

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Low neuroticism, high psychopathy

12
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What traits in the big 5 correlate with the dark triad as a whole?

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Low agreeableness and honesty

13
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What is overclaiming measure?

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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

14
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What is every day sadism?

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Callousness, enjoying cruelty and seeking opportunities to cause suffering

15
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What behaviours are predicted by everyday sadism?

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Vandalism and online trolling

16
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What are the 2 componants of narcissism?

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Adaptive/Admiration

Maladaptive/Rivalry

17
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What are the characteristics of adaptive narcissism?

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Authority
Self-sufficiency
High self esteem
Self enhancing using both public and private stratergies

18
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What are the characteristics of maladaptive narcissism?

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Entitlement
Exploitativeness
Exhebitionism
Self enhancing and protecting using public stratergies

19
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What is the dynamic self regulatory processing model of narcissism?

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Split into mental constructs and self regulation processes, both for the self and others

20
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What are the two componants of psychopathy?

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Instrumental/Primary

Hostile/Reactive/Secondary

21
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What are the characteristics of primary psychopathy?

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Shallow affect 
Lack of empathy 
Interpersonal coldness
Emotionally stable 
Negative correlation to neuroticism
22
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What are the characteristics of primary psychopathy?

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Impulsivity
Responsibility
Agression
Positive correlation to neuroticism

23
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How can sexual behaviour be explained by the dark triad?

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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

24
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How can aggressive behaviour be explained by the dark triad?

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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

25
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How can criminal behaviour be explained by the dark triad?

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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

26
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How can relationships be explained by narcissism?

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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