L8 - Authoritarian Personality (dispositional)

Question 1

How does authorisation personality form?

Answer 1

Over-harsh parents who physically punish

Causes person to be submissive to them as they fear them

Question 2

Result of over-harsh upbringing?

Answer 2

Hostility towards them taken out on those with less authority as can’t fight back

Question 3

Qualities of a person with authorisation personality?

Answer 3

Dogmatic
“Us” vs. “Them”
Submissive to higher authorities 
Hostile to lower authorities
Inflexible with beliefs

Question 4

Describe authoritarian personality

Answer 4

Individuals with a collection of traits that make them more likely to obey an authority figure

Question 5

+ related to arithmetic problem

Answer 5

Those who scored high on the Fascism scale were more likely to obey the order of holding onto electrical wiring whilst doing an arithmetic task relative those who scored low

Question 6

+ related to shocking self

Answer 6

Those who scored high on F scale were more likely to shock themselves when getting something wrong on a learning task

Question 7

What does the F scale measure?

Answer 7

Authorisation personalities

Questions like “rules should be followed, not changed”

Question 8

Disadvantage

Answer 8

Authoritarian personalities are rare

Fewer than 65% of those who went up to maximum voltage will have it

Question 9

Disadvantage related to F scale

Answer 9

Questionnaire
Relies on honesty
May give socially-desirable answers

Question 10

What did Milgram and Elms do?

Answer 10

20 participants to 450V and 20 who went to 300V completed MMPI scale, F scale, and open questionnaire about relationship with parents

Question 11

What did Milgram find?

Answer 11

Those who scored higher on F scale were more likely to obey and go up to maximum V and had more authoritarian traits
Scored same on MMPI