Dispositional explanation - Authoritarian

Question 1

conditions in childhood for the authoritarian personality

Answer 1

• critical & harsh parenting style
• love is ‘conditional’

Question 2

why does the childhood conditions cause the personality?

Answer 2

• creates hostility & resentment but unable to express this to parents from fear of punishment
• displacement occurs = feelings are put onto those they perceive as inferior

Question 3

who made the F scale questionnaire and what did the results mean?

Answer 3

adorno et al (1950)
- higher on the scale, the more you are

Question 4

right wing authoritarianism

Answer 4

ROBERT ALTEMEYER (1981)
- conventionalism
- authoritarian aggression
- authoritarian submission

Question 5

how did altemeyer test right wing authoritarianism & obedience?

Answer 5

• asked Ps to give themselves shocks when they got a learning task wrong
• correlation between F scale score & shock level they’d go to

Question 6

EVALUATION - positive

Answer 6

RESEARCH SUPPORT
- elms & milgram (1966) = supports adorno’s view
HOWEVER in their study Ps didn’t glorify dad & experience harsh punishment as a child
- correlational

Question 7

EVALUATION - negative- in-

Answer 7

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
- middendorp & meloen = Ps with low education levels tended to be more obedient
- another explanation

Question 8

EVALUATION - negative- ca

Answer 8

CASE STUDY
- wartime germany = millions displayed obedient behaviour - unlikely they all had AP
- alternate theory = social identity