Authorian Figure

Question 1

When & who? Af

Answer 1

1950s by Adorno.

Question 2

What did he say af

Answer 2

Said prejudice is a result of an individuals personality type.

Question 3

What is the fscale af

Answer 3

Deep seated personality traits predisposed some individuals to be highly sensitive to tutalitarante and anti democratic and therefore more prone to being prejudice. It is suggested that punishing child rearing practices lead to a strict superego, an primitive ID and weak ego.
Their beliefs are very conventional, (black & white no grey)
Seen to be very superstitious and preoccupied with sex and voilence.

Question 4

Case study on nazis af

Answer 4

1950.
Harper and row publishes a book which was a huge success in the psychological field.
The authorian personality was an attempt by a group of researchers to explain the condition that allowed naziism to gain foothold in Europe. Adorno and Horkheimer used various psychological scales to attempt to explain racism and the atmosphere that led to the death of 6 million Jews.

Question 5

Method- af

Answer 5

Clinical interviews on people with authorian personalities showed that situational aspects of their childhood e.g strict parenting found to be amoung the people who scored very high.

Question 6

Authorinian personalities tended to be- af

Answer 6

Hostile to those they felt superior to but obedient to those they felt inferior to.
Rigid opinions and beliefs.
Conventional uphold of traditions and beliefs.
More likely to categorise into them and us groups.

Question 7

Criticisms of the f-scale: af

Answer 7

Harsh parenting does not always produce prejudice children.

Prejudice people can conform to authorianian personality types