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Manipulation by Others

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Deception kinship psychology manipulation; Sexual access manipulation; Terminal altruism

Definition

Theoretically, manipulation by others into committing acts of suicide terrorism is a form of duplicity in which an individual or group activates evolved mechanisms (i.e., kinship psychology or mating psychology) that over evolutionary time produced reproductive benefits; however, the benefits in relation to suicide terrorism are not forthcoming and results in maladaptive behavior.

Introduction

Suicide terrorism is an act of outward aggression in which the perpetrating agent willfully sacrifices his or her own life with intent to inflict as much damage as possible on civilian casualties. Suicide terrorism is systematic and often perpetuated by political organizations (e.g., Hamas, Al-Qaeda, Tamil Tigers, among others) that disseminate messages to followers through various media outlets and often train adherents in institutionalized settings apart from their natal residences. Some...

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  1. Washington State University, Vancouver, USA

    Kristen Syme

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  1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

  2. Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada

    Doug P. VanderLaan

  2. Child, Youth and Family Division, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Doug P. VanderLaan

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Syme, K. (2018). Manipulation by Others. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_587-1

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