Authoritarian personality

Question 1

What is the explanation behind authoritarian personality

Answer 1

Dispositional explanation

Question 2

What is a dispositional explanation

Answer 2

-behaviour highlights the importance of the individual’s personality
-internal explanation like personality factors/individual reasons why someone obeys

Question 3

Who investigated authoritarian personality and the F-scale and what year

Answer 3

Adorno et el1950

Question 4

What did Adorno et El state

Answer 4

-claimed particular personality type is more likely to obey authority(authoritarian personality)

Question 5

Why was the F-scale created

Answer 5

to measure the relationship between person’s personality type and prejudiced views

Question 6

What is a fascist

Answer 6

someone who believes in totalitarian state rule by a supreme leader(dictator) who controls everything possible and treats people harshly

Question 7

What was the actual study of Adorno et El?

Answer 7

Investigated causes of an obedient personality in a study of more than 2000 middle class, white Americans and their unconscious attitudes towards other racial groups

Question 8

What are the characteristics of an authoritarian personality

Answer 8

-hostile to those who are of inferior status, but obedient of people with high status
-fairly rigid in opinions and beliefs
-uphold traditional views

Question 9

What is the definition of an authoritarian personality

Answer 9

a distinct personality pattern characterised by strict adherence to conventional values and belief in absolute obedience or submission of authority