Why is Narcissism Adaptive in Youth?
Everyone loves to bash narcissists (except narcissists). They do make easy targets. Their inflated sense of self makes others feel inferior, so putting them down a peg makes others feel better about themselves. Also, their outlandish, over-the-top displays of grandiosity can serve as good fodder for parody. Nevertheless, in recent years, psychologists have documented the […]
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The Dark Triad and Impulsivity
Recently, psychologists have stepped outside of the clinical setting and have accumulated research on how the dark side of human nature varies in the general population. What has become quite clear is that the “Dark Triad”– which consists of the combination of Machiavellianism, subclinical narcissism, and subclinical psychopathy– is an overarching trait that everyone has […]
