antisocial behavior

Do Juvenile Offenders Have Different Morals than Kids Who Don’t Get Into Trouble?

Incarcerated adolescents who score high in psychopathy don’t support important moral values as strongly as most people do.

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Envy Hurts Not Only Us but Also Those Around Us

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Feeling envious not only makes us unhappy, it can affect how we treat other people.

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Foodie Calls: Who Dates for Free Food?

Nearly a third of women—particularly those with narcissistic, Machiavellian, and psychopathic traits—have dated someone just for a free meal.

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Psychopathic CEOs: Fact or Fiction?

Many Americans believe that CEOs are typically immoral people, perhaps even psychopaths. But research tells a subtler and more interesting story.

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Look Who’s Talking! Entitled Individuals Break the Rules but Also Enforce Them

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People with an inflated opinion of themselves can actually be good for society.

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Good Reads: How Marsh’s Fear Factor Will Calm Your Worst Fears - Review of Abigail Marsh‘s The Fear Factor

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What do psychopaths and altruists have in common? According to Abigail Marsh’s eye-opening book, The Fear Factor, one answer is that they both have highly unusual brains – at least in one small but very important area.

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The Heart of Darkness: The Dark Factor of Personality

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A single dark personality characteristic may underlie all antisocial, cruel, immoral, and unethical traits.

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If Others Are Conspiring, Then Why Should I Be Well-Behaved?

If you have recently fallen under the grip of a conspiracy theory, you may be more likely to engage in a petty crime in the future.

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