Individual Differences (prejudice)

Question 1

Authortarian personality

Answer 1

Personality type where theres submissiveness towards authority but aggression and hostility towards those they view as inferior ingroups.
Stems from harsh parenting where theres conditional love , and high standards, this causes rhe child to then have hostility Which they later displace it onto something else
This is called scape goating

Question 2

Allport authoarian personality

Answer 2

Believes authortarians are rigid thinkers and need cognitive closure
Black and white thinking
Arent neccesarily prejudiced but they are more likely to be receptive towards arguements that ammend their fears and insecurities

Question 3

SDO

Social dominance orientation

Answer 3

They view rhe world as a competitive jungle and lack empathy
Perfer hierachy and motivtated to seek ingroup power, dominance.
More common in men

Question 4

Weakness

Answer 4

Louis et Al (2003) conducted a study where they had gathered rhat 72% disagrees with the statemenr “whites are the inferior race” but agreed with the exclusion of asylum seekers
Doesnt recognise the fact of situational or social factors that could have an affect

Question 5

Harmful

Answer 5

Treats right wing ideologies as abnomal this is harmful as it further polarises rhe right and left , especially due to democrats the US also outnumbering republicans, this furthers tensions