Obedience: DEs - Adorno's Research

Question 1

Procedure

Answer 1

Adorno et al. used F-scale to study unconscious attitudes towards other racial groups.

Question 2

Findings

Answer 2

People with authoritarian personalities identify with the ‘strong’ and have fixed cognitive style.

Question 3

Authoritarian Characteristics

Answer 3

Extreme respect for authority and obedience to it.

Question 4

Origin of the Authoritarian Personality

Answer 4

Harsh parenting creates hostility that cannot be expressed against parents so is displaced.