Machiavellianism: A synthesis of the evolutionary and psychological literatures

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 285-299

  Wilson, David Sloan ^a   Near, David ^a   Miller, Ralph R ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MACHIAVELLIANISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MACHIAVELLIANISM; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030093806     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.119.2.285     Document Type: Article

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