Ch 15 Psychology of Attachment, Empathy, and Dark Triad Traits

attachment theory

Focuses on patterns of relationships with others that are consistently repeated with different partners throughout life

people more likely to ghost someone

high in Machiavellianism psychopathy

Dispositional contempt

People with high scores come across as cold, arrogant, and disagreeable, and emotionally fragile and insecure

Rejection sensitivity

Gentle at the beginning of the relationship, or the hurtful, uncaring, and abusive

Neuroticism and social anxiety

Want to be liked but tend to think they aren't

John Bowlby

Saw attachment as the basis of love; based on evolutionary theory

mary ainsworth

developed the theory of attachment styles

Anxious-ambivalent

Caregivers are inconsistent or chaotic

avoidant

Caregivers rebuff attempts for contact and reassurance

Secure attachment

Caregivers respond consistently

human capital formation

based on motivation, persistence, and self-control

Cognitive empathy

having the ability to understand why someone feels the way they do

Affective empathy

having the ability to feel how someone else feels

Dark triad individuals

very low in affective empathy and very high in cognitive empathy

Dark emotional intelligence

the ability to read the emotions of others, and is important in the next step to manipulation