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Correlates Of Psychopathic Personality Traits In Everyday Life: Results From A Large Community Survey, Scott O. Lilienfeld, Robert D. Latzman, Ashley L. Watts, Sarah F. Smith, Kevin Dutton
Correlates Of Psychopathic Personality Traits In Everyday Life: Results From A Large Community Survey, Scott O. Lilienfeld, Robert D. Latzman, Ashley L. Watts, Sarah F. Smith, Kevin Dutton
Psychology Faculty Publications
Although the traits of psychopathic personality (psychopathy) have received extensive attention from researchers in forensic psychology, psychopathology, and personality psychology, the relations of these traits to aspects of everyday functioning are poorly understood. Using a large internet survey of members of the general population (N = 3388), we examined the association between psychopathic traits, as measured by a brief but well-validated self-report measure, and occupational choice, political orientation, religious affiliation, and geographical residence. Psychopathic traits, especially those linked to fearless dominance, were positively and moderately associated with holding leadership and management positions, as well as high-risk occupations. In addition, psychopathic …
A Melding Of The Minds: When Primatology Meets Personality And Social Psychology, Sarah F. Brosnan, Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher, Mark Van Vugt
A Melding Of The Minds: When Primatology Meets Personality And Social Psychology, Sarah F. Brosnan, Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher, Mark Van Vugt
Psychology Faculty Publications
Social/personality psychology and behavioral primatology both enjoy long histories of research aimed at uncovering the proximate and ultimate determinants of primate--human and nonhuman--social behavior. Although they share research themes, methodologies and theories, and their studied species are closely related, there is currently very little interaction between the fields. This separation means that researchers in these disciplines miss out on opportunities to advance understanding by combining insights from both fields. Social/personality psychologists additionally miss the opportunity for a phylogenetic analysis. The time has come to integrate perspectives on primate social psychology. Here we provide a historical background and document the main …