1.2.4.0 Adorno

Question 1

What was his procedure?

Answer 1

Studied over 2000 middle class, white, Americans and their attitudes to other racial groups.
He created the F-scale which is used to measure authoritarian personality.

Question 2

What were the findings?

Answer 2

People with authoritarian personalities (high F-scale scores), were conscious of status and showed extreme respect of people with higher scores

Question 3

What is part of people with APs particular cognitive style?

Answer 3

Fixed stereotypes, and they think in black and white