authoritarian personality

Question 1

what is the explanation for an authoritarian personality

Answer 1

-dispositional
-meaning behaviour caused by internal characteristics that reside within individuals personality

Question 2

what is the authoritarian personality

Answer 2

-type of personality
-Adorno argued this type was especially susceptible to obeying people in authority
-Also thought to be submissive to those of higher status
-Dismissive of inferiors

Question 3

what shapes the authoritarian personality

Answer 3

-childhood experiences, harsh and punitive parenting
-creates resentment and hostility

Question 4

what parenting affects authoritarian personality

Answer 4

parenting styles of:
-extremely strict discipline
-expectation of absolute loyalty
-impossibly high standards
-severe criticism of failings
-conditional love

Question 5

what is the psychodynamic explanation of the authoritarian personality

Answer 5

-displacement of anger (due to fear of punishment from parents) onto people who are “weaker” often minority groups
-known as scapegoating
-ID wouldve been intolerated

Question 6

characteristics of authoritarian personality

Answer 6

-especially obedient to authority
-extreme respect for authority
-contempt for those perceived as inferior
-highly conventional attitudes towards sex, race, gender
-inflexible and see no grey areas “dichotomous” thinking

Question 7

what did Adorno develop to test for authoritarian personalities

Answer 7

-the F-scale
-F means facist

Question 8

what 2 aspects of personality does the F-scale measure

Answer 8

-Conventionalism
-preoccupation with power

Question 9

what does it mean if u have a high F-scale

Answer 9

-authoritarian
-identified with strong people and were contemptuous of the “weak”
-driven by stereotypes and prejudice