Psychopaths: cheaters or warrior-hawks?

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Predictors of a behavioral measure of scholastic cheating: Personality and competence but not demographics (2006, background): “Although some researchers have argued that subclinical psychopaths form a distinct group in student samples ( Book & Quinsey, 2004 ), most argue that subclinical psychopathy is a normally distributed variable (Lilienfeld & Andrews, 1996; Paulhus et al., in press).”
Different Provocations Trigger Aggression in Narcissists and Psychopaths (2010, background): “These reasons may reflect the different reproductive strategies that provided them an adaptive advantage (e.g., Book & Quinsey, 2004).”
Unpacking “evil”: Claiming the core of the Dark Triad (2015, background): “Psychopaths are hypothesized to be evolved cheaters who capitalize on the cooperation of others by lacking the natural emotional and cognitive mechanisms that deter antisocial behavior (Book & Quinsey, 2004; Mealey, 1995).”