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In psychology, the dark triad represents three personality traits: Narcissism, Psychopathy and Machiavellianism. People scoring high on the 3 traits are more likely to commit crimes, and create severe social problems in society. What do you think? Can these traits be overcome or will they always cause problems for individuals and society?
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CHAPTERS
0:00 The Dark Triad
0:50 Narcissist
1:30 Machiavellian
1:58 Psychopath
2:49 Nature vs Nurture
4:02 Evolutionary explanation
5:59 Our wonderful Patrons
6:08 Support us

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Script: Jonas Koblin
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SOURCES
psychometricsforumblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/a-narcissist-a-psychopath-and-a-machiavellian-walk-into-a-bar

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_triad#cite_note-Egos_inflating_over_time_2008-57

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder

"Women's reproductive success and the preference for Dark Triad in men's faces": sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513816300010

medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-gender-gappersonality-affects-income.html

https://www.narcis.nl/publication/RecordID/oai%3Atilburguniversity.edu%3Apublications%2Fe01ef877-dfdd-4817-9a42-f523046a0d27

Dark triad and depression
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6886484

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiavellianism_(psychology)

DIG DEEPER
The Big Five Personality Traits - Sprouts
The Light Triad of Personality - Psychology Today

CLASSROOM EXERCISE
What can be done to protect society from individuals scoring highly on dark triad attributes? Do you think that all individuals who score highly will act on these dark impulses and should all highly scoring individuals be treated the same? What can we do to help them overcome their dark triad traits?

These are just a few questions that can help start a discussion on the dark triad with your class. Let us know their opinions in the comments below.

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