dispositional factors

Question 1

what are dispositional explanations

Answer 1

any explanation of behaviour that highlights the importance of the individuals personality

Question 2

what is the authoritarian personality

Answer 2

a type of personality that adorno argued was especially susceptible to obeying people in authority- more submissive of those of higher status and dismissive of inferiors

Question 3

what was adornos procedure + sample

Answer 3

over 2000 middle class white americans and their unconscious attitudes towards other racial groups. they developed several scales including the potential the potential for the facism scale

Question 4

findings of adornos research

Answer 4

people with authoritarian personalities identified with strong people, conscious of other peoples status and showed excessive respect for those of a higher status. positive correlation between authoritarianism and prejudice

Question 5

what was the aim of adornos research

Answer 5

he wanted to understand the events of the holocaust

Question 6

how does authoritarian personality stem from childhood

Answer 6

strict discipline, expectation of absolute authority, impossibly high standards, sever criticism of perceived failure, conditional love from parents