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The Dark Triad Wasn't Enough. Then They Found This. | EP1

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Psychologists warned us about the dark triad for decades, then they realised something was missing. For decades psychologists warned us about the dark triad, narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy, the self promoters, the manipulators and the predators. But in 2013 researchers Buckles, Jones and Palhus realised the model was incomplete, it couldn't explain the people who humiliates for sport, the troll who destroys for fun, the partner who picks fights just to watch you cry.

So they added a fourth shadow, everyday sadism. Now we call it the dark tetrad and if you don't know how to spot all four you're already a target. See the full series linked in the bio. Like, subscribe and share.