Abstract. Machiavellianism is presumed to encompass advanced social-cognitive skill, but research has generally suggested that Machiavellian individuals are rather deficient in social-cognitive skill. However, previous research on the matter has been limited to measures of (a) Machiavellianism that are unidimensional and saturated with both antagonism and disinhibition and measures (b) only one type of social-cognitive skill. Using a large college sample ( N = 461), we examined how various dimensions of Machiavellianism relate to two types of social-cognitive skill: person-perception skill and general social prediction skill. Consistent with some prior theorizing, the planful dimension of Machiavellianism was positively related to both person-perception and general social prediction skills; antagonistic dimensions of Machiavellianism were negatively related to both skills; either agentic or cynical dimensions of Machiavellianism were generally unrelated to both skills. Overall, the current evidence suggests a complicated relationship between Machiavellianism and social-cognitive skill because Machiavellianism encompasses features that blend deficiency, proficiency, and average levels of social-cognitive skills.

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重新概念化马基雅维利主义和社会认知技能

摘要。马基雅维利主义被认为包含先进的社会认知技能，但研究普遍表明，马基雅维利主义者的社会认知技能相当缺乏。然而，以前对此事的研究仅限于（a）马基雅维利主义的测量，它是一维的，充满了对抗和去抑制，以及测量（b）只有一种社会认知技能。使用大型大学样本 (N = 461)，我们研究了马基雅维利主义的各个维度与两种社会认知技能的关系：个人感知技能和一般社会预测技能。与一些先前的理论一致，马基雅维利主义的计划维度与人的感知和一般社会预测技能呈正相关；马基雅维利主义的对立维度与这两种技能呈负相关；马基雅维利主义的代理人或愤世嫉俗的维度通常与这两种技能无关。总体而言，目前的证据表明马基雅维利主义与社会认知技能之间存在复杂的关系，因为马基雅维利主义包含融合了社会认知技能不足、熟练程度和平均水平的特征。