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Narcissists, psychopaths and Machiavellians, oh my. These antagonistic personality types can make life hard for the people around them. Here are five tips for how to deal with them at work.
Narcissism and belief in conspiracy theories may be among the factors that motivate people to buy cryptocurrencies.
Researchers used to believe people with ‘dark personalities’ had empathy deficits, but new research is challenging that.
Psychopaths are fearless and confident. They may seem potentially resourceful employees. It never works out.
What causes unprovoked acts of violence? And is there any place for such cruelty in our society?
Psychologists call these traits the ‘Big Five’: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. A researcher suggests your profile implies your response to social distancing.
The military should take more care when hiring new staff if we are to prevent atrocities in wars.
Everyone has something of the Joker in them.
A more egalitarian power structure is possible.
Villanelle may be a psychopath, but she doesn’t represent most psychopaths.
The arrest of former cop Joseph DeAngelo in the Golden State Killer case raises questions about the common occupations of killers and psychopaths. Canada’s Russell Williams was a former military officer.
It’s tempting to think that difficult coworker might be a psychopath, but this just distracts us from the difficult work of making our workplaces better places to be.
While research indicates there are likely to be fewer female psychopaths than male, this may be because their traits are less visible than their male counterparts.
What are fraudsters really like? Are they all psychopaths? To fight fraud we need an accurate picture of who commits these offences.
Some youths find in gangs the love and social standing that’s missing in their home lives.
Claims that gin lovers are more likely to be psychopaths are just another case of science media misreporting - which should be a tonic to any tipplers who were worried by the news.
Put otherwise good people in an environment created by a psychopathic boss and they could end up with ethical blindness.
How do we deal with people whose emotional responses we don’t understand? Demolition does not have the answers.
Tomcat, a play by James Rushbrooke, portrays a dark future where there is no place for neurodiversity. Is this our future?
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