Psychology Article: Machiavellian Self-Made Or Born That Way?

Machiavellian: Self-Made or Born that Way?
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Machiavellians: Self-Made or Born that Way?
This article questions the manner in which an individual becomes a Machiavellian. Machiavellian is a personality trait which makes an individual to use cunning and duplicity means in general conduct. According to the article, this psychological trait could either be self-made or inborn in an individual. There is a high possibility that the traits of Machiavellian are genetically found and hence, hereditary passed from generation to generation. In this regard, there are people who are born with callous and manipulative personality traits. Such individuals would register as “high Machs” given a Mach Iv test. However, the majority of people are low Machs. This implies that they can easily be registered as high Machs in the event that the Machiavellian concept is introduced to them. In this regard, when an individual reads The Prince, they are likely to adopt the Machiavellian traits. This is attributed to the fact that the book provides information that would be vital in transforming the psychological reasoning of its readers. In the same manner, a child’s personality can be geared towards Machiavellianism by providing them with a bad foundation. A bad start in life (between birth and 9 years) would make a child to become a psychopath.
Further, the article demonstrates some of the situations that Machiavellian is the only available remedy. For instance, given a workplace where most individuals are back-stabbers and behave unethically. Such an environment may force a person to develop similar tactics for survival, even if it is against their personal principles. Evidently, a person can become a Machiavellian by wrapping their personality in that direction. Consequently, the article is informative and gives insight on Machiavellian as both an inborn and self-made psychological disorder. This is essential since it makes individuals aware of an existing condition and this determines how such informed people relate. However, the article fails to give the remedies of this condition. It is not enough to provide the cause and reasons for Machiavellian as this only leads to further questioning. It would have been more beneficial if the article portrayed the negative features associated with the trait and also, provided alternatives.
This article is relevant since it portrays a personality tra...