Adorno F Scale

Question 1

What are people with an authoritarian personality like?

Answer 1

More obedient
Respect social hierarchy’s and authority figures
See the world in a rigid, inflexible way

Question 2

How does an authoritarian personality form during childhood?

Answer 2

As a result of having overbearing parents

Question 3

Strengths of Adorno F scale?

Answer 3

Replicable
Uses standardised questions- all ppts answer the same questions
Large sample size and quantitative data- makes it reliable

Question 4

Limitations?

Answer 4

People may lie on a questionnaire
People may be prone to social desirability bias- may develop demand characteristics
The theory is overly simplistic- not everyone who has high levels of obedience has an authoritarian personality

Question 5

What was the Adorno F scale devised to measure?

Answer 5

The authoritarian personality

Question 6

How many people completed it and what were they like?

Answer 6

More than 2000 middle-class white Americans completed it- did not represent all racial and ethnic groups in the USA