2. Authoritarian personality Flashcards
What is fascism? (IandG authoritarian)
Right winged system of government and social organisation
What contributed to the many deaths in WW2? (IandG authoritarian)
The rise in fascism
What was the ‘final solution’ in WW2? (IandG authoritarian)
All out-group individuals had an act of genocide held against them
What did the Burkeley group believe? (IandG authoritarian)
The was a ‘potentially fascist’ individual, which was labelled an authoritarian personality
What is personality? (IandG authoritarian)
Needs which vary from person to person
What is key to moulding personality? (IandG authoritarian)
External environmental forces
What is the social psychological ideology? (IandG authoritarian)
Options, attitudes and values of many people are examined, common patterns emerge
What are the three scales to recursive methodological triangulation? (IandG authoritarian)
- Anti semantic scale
- Ethnocentrism scale
- Political and democratic conservatism scale
What is the anti-semantic scale? (IandG authoritarian)
A scale designed to measure prejudice against Jews
What is the ethnocentrism scale? (IandG authoritarian)
Understanding how superior one believes their group is over others
What is the political and democratic conservatism scale? (IandG authoritarian)
Analysis of the relationship between political ideology and cognition, and how they affect behaviour/biology
What does the F scale measure? (IandG authoritarian)
The potential for fascism
What do questions on the F scale allow someone to do? (IandG authoritarian)
Agree with a statement, while maintaining that they are not prejudice
What are the strengths for the F scale? (IandG authoritarian)
- Good reliability across all research studies
- Has a single factor
- Strong correlation with E scale and PEC scale
How did Altemeyer describe a right winged authoritarian? (IandG authoritarian)
A person who is willing to follow instructions given by those in a higher power
