Obedience: Dis-positional explanations

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what is the key study of Authoritarian personality?
Adorno et al
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procedure of the study?
Adorno et al used F-scale to study unconscious attitudes towards other racial groups.
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what was the findings?
people with authoritarian personalities identify with the 'strong' and have fixed cognitive style.
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Authoritarian Characteristics
Extreme respect for authority and obedience to it.
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Origin of the authoritarian personality
Harsh parenting creates hostility that cannot be expressed against parents so is displaced.
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Research support
some of Milgram's obedient participants had authoritarian personalities (Elms).
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Limited explanation
1)Can't explain increase in obedience across a whole culture 2) better explanation is social identity theory
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Political Bias
Equates authoritarian personality with right wing ideology and ignores extreme left wing authoritarianism.
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Evaluation extra
1)Methodological problems 2)correlation, not causation
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