Post by Optimus on Jul 18, 2020 20:35:07 GMT -5
Sorry, far-leftists. Science confirms the obvious; that you're a bunch of horrible assholes.
It's a pretty large, very well-done paper (9 studies total) that found that narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy are strongly associated with virtue signalling. Additionally, virtue signalers are also more likely to engage in morally corrupt behaviors such as lying at work to get a raise or bonus and making exaggerated claims of being harmed.
Quelle surprise.
Reason article:
reason.com/2020/07/07/narcissists-psychopaths-and-manipulators-are-more-likely-to-engage-in-virtuous-victim-signaling-says-study/
Actual study (not sure if it's open access, but I can send it to anyone interested if they PM me): psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2020-46166-001.html
From the discussion:
It's a pretty large, very well-done paper (9 studies total) that found that narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy are strongly associated with virtue signalling. Additionally, virtue signalers are also more likely to engage in morally corrupt behaviors such as lying at work to get a raise or bonus and making exaggerated claims of being harmed.
Quelle surprise.
Reason article:
reason.com/2020/07/07/narcissists-psychopaths-and-manipulators-are-more-likely-to-engage-in-virtuous-victim-signaling-says-study/
So: Here's some fun new research looking at "the consequences and predictors of emitting signals of victimhood and virtue," published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The paper—from University of British Columbia researchers Ekin Ok, Yi Qian, Brendan Strejcek, and Karl Aquino—details multiple studies the authors conducted on the subject.
Their conclusion? Psychopathic, manipulative, and narcissistic people are more frequent signalers of "virtuous victimhood."
The so-called "dark triad" personality traits—Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy—lead to characteristics like "self-promotion, emotional callousness, duplicity, and tendency to take advantage of others," the paper explains.
And "treated as a composite, the Dark Triad traits were significant predictors of virtuous victim signaling."
This held true "even when controlling for factors that may make people vulnerable to being mistreated or disadvantaged in society (i.e., demographic and socioeconomic characteristics) as well as the importance they place on being a virtuous individual as part of their self-concept," the researchers note.
Their conclusion? Psychopathic, manipulative, and narcissistic people are more frequent signalers of "virtuous victimhood."
The so-called "dark triad" personality traits—Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy—lead to characteristics like "self-promotion, emotional callousness, duplicity, and tendency to take advantage of others," the paper explains.
And "treated as a composite, the Dark Triad traits were significant predictors of virtuous victim signaling."
This held true "even when controlling for factors that may make people vulnerable to being mistreated or disadvantaged in society (i.e., demographic and socioeconomic characteristics) as well as the importance they place on being a virtuous individual as part of their self-concept," the researchers note.
Actual study (not sure if it's open access, but I can send it to anyone interested if they PM me): psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2020-46166-001.html
From the discussion:
This finding contributes to an emerging stream of research on competitive victimhood (see Graso et al., 2019; Noor et al., 2012; Sullivan, Landau, Branscombe et al., 2012) by suggesting that individuals or groups can gain an advantage in the “victim space” by emitting signals that convey not only need but also moral worth and deservingness. In a world with many potential victims, this dual signal can differentiate an individual or a victim group from others who might also be clamoring for its resources, making it a highly effective social influence tool.
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Beyond showing that the Dark Triad traits predict virtuous victim signaling, we also provide evidence of how these signals, as possible indicators of underlying Dark Triad traits, can predict a person’s willingness to engage in and endorse ethically questionable behaviors. In Study 3, we showed that more frequent virtuous victim signalers are more willing to purchase counterfeit products and judge counterfeiters as less immoral compared with less frequent signalers, a pattern that was also observed when using participants’ Dark Triad scores instead of their signaling score. In Study 4, we showed that frequent virtuous victim signalers were more likely to cheat and lie to earn extra monetary reward in the coin flip game, controlling for demographic variables that could predict virtuous victim signaling and a dimension of moral identity that pertains to its private, subjective aspect (in contrast to the one publicly portrayed through moral identity symbolization).
...Using a measure that captures the multidimensional nature of Machiavellianism, Study 5 showed that a dimension referred to as amoral manipulation was the most reliable predictor of virtuous victim signaling.
...Finally, Study 6 showed that frequent virtuous victim signalers were more likely to make inflated claims to justify receiving restitution for an alleged and ambiguous norm violation in an organizational context. This study shows some of the practical consequences of virtuous victim signaling for authorities and institutions that have to respond to claims of harm made by people who might be inclined to frequently emit these signals.
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Beyond showing that the Dark Triad traits predict virtuous victim signaling, we also provide evidence of how these signals, as possible indicators of underlying Dark Triad traits, can predict a person’s willingness to engage in and endorse ethically questionable behaviors. In Study 3, we showed that more frequent virtuous victim signalers are more willing to purchase counterfeit products and judge counterfeiters as less immoral compared with less frequent signalers, a pattern that was also observed when using participants’ Dark Triad scores instead of their signaling score. In Study 4, we showed that frequent virtuous victim signalers were more likely to cheat and lie to earn extra monetary reward in the coin flip game, controlling for demographic variables that could predict virtuous victim signaling and a dimension of moral identity that pertains to its private, subjective aspect (in contrast to the one publicly portrayed through moral identity symbolization).
...Using a measure that captures the multidimensional nature of Machiavellianism, Study 5 showed that a dimension referred to as amoral manipulation was the most reliable predictor of virtuous victim signaling.
...Finally, Study 6 showed that frequent virtuous victim signalers were more likely to make inflated claims to justify receiving restitution for an alleged and ambiguous norm violation in an organizational context. This study shows some of the practical consequences of virtuous victim signaling for authorities and institutions that have to respond to claims of harm made by people who might be inclined to frequently emit these signals.