Authoritarian personality Flashcards
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Authoritarian personality
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The belief that people should completely obey or submit to their authority figures, and suppress their own beliefs.
2
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F-scale
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Developed in 1947 as a measure of authoriarian traits or tendencies.
3
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Dispostional
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Explanation of behaviours such as obedience emphasise them being caused by an individuals own person characteristics rather than situational influences within the enviroment.
4
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Right-wing authoritarianism
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A cluster of personality variables that are associated with the ‘right wing’ attitude to life.
5
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Who first identified the Authoritarian personality?
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Adorno et al (1950)
