How I Spot a Machiavellian: The Dark Triad’s Most Dangerous Personality | Dr Daniel Jones

About this episode

What if the person you think is a narcissist is actually something far more calculated? In this revealing conversation, Dr. Daniel Jones, one of the leading researchers on the Dark Triad of personality (Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy) explains how to recognise manipulation, deception, predatory behaviour and the psychological traits that can make some people extraordinarily difficult to detect. We go deep into Machiavellianism, the psychology of the master manipulator and explore how Machiavellians differ from narcissists and psychopaths, how Dark Triad traits are measured, and whether intelligence, emotional control and delayed gratification can make manipulative…