cohrs-contemporary

Question 1

cohrs aim

Answer 1

• To examine associations between the Big Five personality dimensions, Right-Wing
  Authoritarianism (RWA), Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) and generalised prejudice using self-report data.
• To see how self and peer ratings on the above traits matched up to one another

Question 2

cohrs sample

Answer 2

-study 1=193 study 2=424
-Germany using an opportunity sample of friends and neighbours
of the authors/associates and their peers.

Question 3

cohrs procedure

Answer 3

it was a correlational piece of research- correlating their answers to self-report questions
* They completed self-report questions on RWA, SDO, the Big 5 personality traits and their prejudice towards homosexuals, people with disabilities and ‘foreigners’ in Germany
* These were assessed on scales (1-7 in study 1 and 1-5 in study 2)
* Their peers also completed the same questionnaires about their assessment about the main participant
* They compared the self-report data to that completed by the peers about the main participant

Question 4

cohrs results

Answer 4

• They found that if an individual is less open to experience they are more likely to be RWA and
  prejudiced.
• Another result was that individuals that are less agreeable are more likely to be SDO and
  prejudiced (and RWA).
• RWA correlates with prejudice
• SDO correlates with prejudice (rather weakly)
• Conscientiousness correlated with RWA
• They found that self-report data did match peer-report

Question 5

cohrs conclusion

Answer 5

• Personality does correlate with prejudice and ideological views e.g. openness negatively
  correlating with RWA and prejudice
• The particular dimensions of agreeableness and openness to experience can predispose
  particular world views and motivations that can result in adopting prejudiced ideals, suggesting that individual differences in personality can explain prejudice in society.
• Self-report and peer-report data can be used to validate one another