34. DARK TRIAD.2016.ppt pyshcological explanation

dark triad

1. Class 34

2. The Dark Triad
of Personality

3. MACHIAVELLIAN
NARCISSIST
PSYCHOPATH
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?
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

10. Hockey Goons

-paid big salary to be nasty
- often nasty outside of sport

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

12. NarcissistNarcissist

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

14. Sub-clinical VersionSub-clinical Version

15. 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?
Lindsay LohanCharlie Sheen

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

22. Financial manipulator
Bernie Madoff

23. 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. 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
Gadhafi
Hitler Stalin