The Authoritarian Personality

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Created on: 17-02-16 23:04

What is the Authoritarian personality?

A state of mind or attitude characterized by belief in absolute obedience.

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What is the F scale?

The California F-scale is a 1947 personality test, designed by Theodor W. Adorno and others to measure the authoritarian personality. The "F" stands for "fascist".

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What did Adorno's research in 1950 conclude?

People with a strict upbringing were high on the F scale. Rigid thinkers, who always obeyed authority. Through A process of learning and imitation.

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What is right-wing authoritarianism?

Authoritarian submission-high degree of submissiveness to the authorities and legitimate in the society. Authoritarian aggression-aggressiveness directed against deviants,Conventionalism — a high degree of adherence to the traditions and social norms

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Who conducted a key study on the authoritarian personality and when?

Elms and Milgram, 1966

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Briefly outline the setting of this study

20 obedient participants, who administered the full 450 volts and 20 disobedient participants, who refused to continue.

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Briefly outline the procedure on this key study

Asked personality questionnaires, including Adorno’s F scale, to measure level of authoritarian personality, open-ended questions about relationship with parents, and with experimenter and learner in Milgram's experiment

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Briefly outline the findings of the study

Obedient scored higher on F scale, in comparison to disobedient, obedient were less close to their fathers during childhood, admired the experimenter in Milgram’s experiment, which was the opposite for disobedient

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What did Milgram and Elms conclude from the study?

The obedient participants in his original research displayed higher levels of the authoritarian personality, in comparison to disobedient participants.

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EVALUATION: Differences between authoritarian and obedient participants

Many obedient participants grew up having a good relationship with their parents

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