1. Class 34

2. The Dark Triad of Personality

3. The Dark Triad NARCISSIST MACHIAVELLIAN PSYCHOPATH
Standard measures intercorrelate in the to +.50 range
The Dark Triad

4. First distinguished by
Paulhus & Williams (2002)
Narcissist: egotistical attention-seeker
Machiavellian: strategic manipulation
Psychopath: impulsive thrill-seeker

5. What is the common factor?P
callousness

6. CLINICAL LEVEL -serious problems -requires professional intervention SUB-CLINICAL LEVEL -mild version, can manage in everyday society -BUT maladaptive because aversive to others

7. Psychopath

8. Clinical version key features: impulsive & callous
Most of adult life spent in prison

9. Subclinical Version The Successful Psychopath:
milder or paired with a desirable attribute
Has avoided prison – so far
Dark Niches: Bullies, nasty bosses
Either milder version or cases where an over-riding asset precludes prison.

10. Hockey Goons paid big salary to be nasty often nasty outside of sport
Impulsively reckless and callous

11. e.g.,
drill instructors in military
paid to toughen you up

12. Narcissist

13. Clinical Version SYNDROME Sense of superiority Constant bragging
Feels entitled to superior treatment
Needs attention
WHY?
Deep insecurity

14. Sub-clinical Version

15. Begins with conceit – i.e., true belief?
SYNDROME
Begins with conceit – i.e., true belief?
Usually have some desirable attribute
e.g., admired celebrities
Acquired narcissism?
Can encourage destructive behavior

16. Examples – harmless?
Charlie Sheen
Lindsay Lohan

17. Not so harmless ?
Donald Trump

18. The Machiavellian

19. Niccolo Machiavelli

20. history Advisor to the Medici family in Italy (ca. 1500)
To succeed in politics, you must manipulate others
TACTICS: e.g., flatter important people
EXCUSE: Most people are ignorant and deserve to be manipulated

21. Sun-Tzu: The Art of War (ca. 500 B.C.)
Ancient Precedent
Sun-Tzu: The Art of War (ca. 500 B.C.)
Winning battles is all about preparation. Knowing the foe.

22. Financial manipulator
Bernie Madoff
Cheated more people out of more money than any person in history
Financial manipulator

23. Relations among the DARK TRIAD: Q: are they actually the same person
Relations among the DARK TRIAD: Q: are they actually the same person? A: No, but positively correlated Q: Are they mutually exclusive? A: No, they can be found in the same person.

24. OUR RESEARCH Designed to differentiate the Dark Triad
Used questionnaires to predict actual behavior

25. B. Plagiarizing term papers Machiavellians
WHO CHEATS ?
A. Copying answers during exams
Subclinical psychopaths
B. Plagiarizing term papers
Machiavellians

26. WHO AGGRESSES?
Jones & Paulhus study (2013)

27. white noise paradigm
Advertised as Competitive Game Study

28. Results DEPENDS ON PROVOCATION
Narcissists aggressed after being insulted
Psychopaths aggressed after being attacked

29. CONCLUSIONS

30. Summary of D3 Features
Narcissists feel entitled to privileged treatment
Psychopaths impulsively hurt others
Machiavellians manipulate to get what they want
All are callous

31. They can co-occur
Hitler
Stalin
Gadhafi