Dispositiional factors Flashcards
1
Q
What was the aim of adornos study?
A
to uncover the unconscious bias people have towards of racial groups
2
Q
What kind of sample did adorno use ?
A
2000 middle class caucasian Americans
3
Q
What was the procedure of adornos study ?
A
questionnaires including called the f-scale were administered to measure fascist tendencies
4
Q
What were the characteristics of people who scores highly on the questionnaires ?
A
identified with strong people disrespectful towards weaker people strong obedience to authority had a particular cognitive style categorised people into stereotypical groups
5
Q
What did Adorno find a correlation between?
A
A strong correlation was found between authoritarian personality and prejudice
