Authoritarian personality Flashcards
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F - Scale
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Adorno - made the F scale. He found that those scored high on the F scale were raised by parents who used an authoritarian parenting style
2
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Right Wing Authoritarianism
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RWA:
- Conventionalism
- Authoritarianism aggression
- Authoritarian submission
3
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Key Study: Elms and Milgram procedure
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Follow up study on Milgram’s participants.
20 obedient and 20 defiant
Took part in the F-scale
4
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Key study: Findings
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Higher levels of authoritarianism among those participants classified as obedient. They saw the authority figure as more admirable
5
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A03: Authoritarian and Obedience Link
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Dambrun - VR Milgram replica. RWA went up to maximum voltage
6
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A03: Education may determine authoritarianism
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Less educated people = more authoritarianism.
Less educated = more obedient
7
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A03: Left wing views= lower obedience
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