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What did Adorno et al (1950) investigate?

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The causes of the obedient personality

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What was the sample

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2000+ middle class Americans and there unconscious attitudes towards other racial groups

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Procedure

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F-scale used to measure authoritarian personality.

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Findings

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People were more obedient to people of higher authority
They had fixed and distinctive stereotypes
People were conscious about there status and others and showed more respect to people of authority

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What is the origin of authoritarian personality

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Formed in childhood. As a result of harsh parenting.
An expectation of loyalty

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