authoritarian personality Flashcards
dispositional explanation
Internal explanation involving personality factors or individual reasons why someone obeys
who coined the term ‘authoritarian personality’
Theodore Adorno
F-scale
measures authoritarian personality traits by having participants rate their agreement to statements
characteristics of individuals with an authoritarian personality
they believe people should completely obey authority figures and suppress their own beliefs
what cognitive style do individuals with an authoritarian personality have
a ‘fixed’ cognitive style that prevents challenging stereotypes and promotes absolutist thinking
what does absolutist thinking entail
seeing things in black and white, with no grey areas for uncertainty
according to Adorno, where do a person’s personality traits and attitudes stem from
Childhood influences, particularly from parents
what happens when a child has overly harsh and disciplinarian parents, according to Adorno
child may displace their anger onto seemingly ‘inferior’ others through scapegoating
scapegoating
displacing anger onto those perceived as weaker or unable to defend themselves
reaction formation
psychological defense mechanism where individuals idolize their parents but unconsciously fear and despise them
how does reaction formation manifest in current politics
by targeting displaced anger towards minority groups
Fill in the blank: The F-scale requires participants to rate their agreement using a _______
Likert-style scale
