Evaluation of Authoritarian Personality Theory

Question 1

what is the supporting evidence for Adorno’s prediction of:
some people will obey more than others

Answer 1

Milgram
- 65% went to the highest voltage
- 35% didn’t

Question 2

what is the supporting evidence for people with an authoritarian personality obeying more than those who don’t?

Answer 2

Milgram
- He asked the participants to fill out the F scale questionnaire and found that the participants who had obeyed had higher scores on the scale questionnaire

Question 3

what is the limiting evidence for the authoritarian personality linking to obedience

Answer 3

• not everyone who obeys has an authoritarian personality
  e.g. not all Nazis scored highly but they still obeyed

Question 4

what is the supporting evidence for authoritarian personality not being linked to obedience by cause and effect

Answer 4

• theres evidence that people with this personality type have low levels of education > could potentially be a third variable that links