level: Level 1 of Dispositional Variables
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1 of Dispositional Variables
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Authoritarian Personality | person who has extreme respect for authority and is more likely to be obedient to those who hold power over them |
| common characteristics of authoritarian personality | - respects authority figures - strong belief in justice - likely to follow right wing politics - aggressive to those inferior to others |
| Adorno et Al | conducted a study with 2000 middle class American Caucasians to find their unconscious beliefs on other racial groups. Using the F scale, which measured fascist tendencies. Adorno found a strong correlation between prejudice and authoritarianism. He also found people who were high on the F scale identified as authoritarian and were status conscious. |
| EVAL of f scale | - response bias - f scale only measures extreme right wing methodologies, authoritarian personality can also be displayed by left wing extremes. So the F scale is not politically diverse |