Adaptive Psychopathy: The Quarantine Vector and Psychopathy Induction

Abstract

Defined within evolutionary psychology, the tenets of the State Psychopathy and Directional Vector hypotheses of psychopathy theory (Mihailides et al.), were tested in an experimental induction designed to rouse survival threat. Territorial incursion, eliciting survival threat, within the Directional Vector hypothesis posits that psychopathic affect is roused, directionally, bounded by a quarantined zone. Theory also posits that processing of normal-range affect, occurring outside the quarantined zone, is relatively unaffected by psychopathic cognition. Hypotheses that i) increases in Symbolic Division would heighten splits on socio-cultural, sexual, affective, and spiritual dimensions between members of one's own community and invading others, that ii) Objectification would occur so that invading others would be imbued with affect from the psychopathic range; and iii) that Mutual Exclusivity would prevail so that co-existence would seem impossible but instead invading others would be deposed, dominated and destroyed, were all strongly supported. Consistent with predictions of the State-Psychopathy Hypothesis, experimental induction resulted in elevations in state psychopathy levels as measured by Triarchic Psychopathy total scores. The subscales of disinhibition and Meanness but not the Boldness evidenced significant rises in levels post induction. The implication of results is that empathy and psychopathy are not mutually exclusive. Developmental and treatment perspectives are discussed in light of findings, summarized as twin ignition and quell signature genocide autopoietics.

Sexual Stress Immunization Protocols

“…The contribution of traumatic exposure traced to psychopathy and other factors in onset of trauma should be included in the range of materials integrated into clinical trials. That would enable the metacognitive features of treatment to be informed by our recent advances in the understanding of state-psychopathy [57][58][59], and its known causes of expression in the hate crimes of normal populations. New science that has re-conceptualised our understanding of psychopathy also recognizes means to identify which empathic alliances and attachment bonds are most likely to fortify health.…”

“…Sexual traumas often leave the person afflicted with mood disturbance, then residual chronic hatred, rage, and the learned helplessness of the encasing rumination of the re-experienced trauma. In Mihailides, Galligan and Bates [57][58][59] the basis for divesting the afflictions of hate are conclusions developed from review of the impacts of collective psychopathy upon a society's genocide likelihood. A society's overall level of hatred also impels an urgency to divest those hatreds in a variety of settings and roles.…”