Discuss the authoritarian personality as an explanation for obedience
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- The authoritarian personality is a personality type where a person has a strict adherence to conventional values and a belief of absolute obedience.
- This is measured on the F scale, which asks people questions based on obedience and respect for authority.
- Adorno et al found that people who scored highly on the F scale where raised by parents with authoritarian parenting styles, which clearly lead to an emphesis on obedience for the child (continuity hypothesis).
- This shows that the F scale is relevent, and that obedience as a child can lead to obedience as an adult, therefore suggesting authoritarian personality.
- However, there were leading questions, which lead to a bias.
- Researchers developed three personality types for authoriatarian personality, that made…
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