Psychopaths Steer Clear Of The Rich And Successful

摘要

Beware the office bully, especially if you are the workplace underdog. It seems people with psychopathic behavioural traits tend to hone in on their most vulnerable colleagues instead of those who might have the greatest value for their career.rnContrary to popular belief, most psychopaths are not Jack the Ripper types - often they have never committed a violent crime. But as many as one in 100 people display antisocial behaviours deemed psychopathic. Chief among these is a callous ability to manipulate other people to fulfill their own desires.rnTo investigate this behaviour, Kevin Wilson of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, and colleaguesrnput 44 male college students into two groups according to their scores on a test that measures psychopathic traits. "None of these students qualified as psychopaths, but some did have behaviours associated with psychopaths," says Wilson.rnThe students were shown a series of faces, each accompanied by a name, a job and details about interests and hobbies.