Victim Signaling and Dark Triad Personality Traits
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How people with dark personalities use victimhood as a strategy
Share Give a gift subscription Here is an interesting interaction involving a group of baboons, reported in a book titled Machiavellianism: The Psychology of Deception: Humans will also feign victimhood as a strategy to obtain rewards. A 2020 study found people who signal victimhood (and virtue) are more likely to have Dark Triad personality traits. The Dark Triad comprises narcissism (entitled self-importance), Machiavellianism (strategic exploitation and duplicity) and psychopathy (callousness and disregard for others). People with Dark Triad traits can be seductive. A 2014 study…
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