AP52362

AP52362

Human Growth and Development

Why is Darth Vader so evil?

A team of psychologists led by Peter Jonason asked why is Darth Vader so evil? Well the answer they came up with is because he was separated from his mom at age 9 and his father was never around. The researchers believe that being brought up in a situation like this can bring out the three Dark Triad of personality traits. They are Narcissism, Machiavellianism and Psychopathy. In their study they surveyed 153 students online and 199 adults from 25 to 60 years old. The answered questions about the care they received from their parents, their personality’s and their adult attachment style. The study found that poor maternal care increased the likelihood of people developing insecure attachment styles; this increased the Dark Triad behavior in people. In the story Luke was raised by a loving Aunt and Uncle, Vader was not. He lacked the anchor provided by good parenting and turnout to be not so nice.

Jonason, P., Lyons, M., & Bethell, E. The making of Darth Vader, Parent –childcare and the Dark Triad Personality and Individual Differences.

Only graders edit below this line!

Grader #1: 1407303010] Grader #2: 1407344307 Grader #3: 1407344390] Grader #4: 1407344660] Grader #5: 1407345690] =Grading Form= media type="custom" key="25032734"