Obedience :Dispositioanl Explanation Flashcards
thoedor adorno and colleagues wanted to understand
anti semitism of the holocaust
copmare adorno research to milgram
drew diff conclusions
adorno beloieved high level of obedience was a
psychological disorder
they belieieved gthe causes of the psychological disroder of high obedience was in the …. rather than
personality of the indi rather than situation
dispositional explanation
adorno argued people with high obedience show what 2 things
extreme respect and submissiveness to authority
view society as weaker than it once was - so believe we need strong and powerful leaders to enforce trad vlaues such as love of country and family
adorno argued people wwith high obedience showed 2 characteristics
these characterisitcs make pople with an authotarian perosnality more liekly t
obey orders from a source of authority
people with authotarian personalities also show contempt for those of
inferior social status
why do people with authotarian personalities have contempt for those of inferior social status/ what is this fuelled by
fuelled by inflexible outlook on the world
what does inflexible outlook of th eworld mean
for them there are - no grey areas
everything eithe rright or wrong
what are AP uncomfortbale with
uncertainity
those with an AP are uncomfortable with uncertainity therefore , people who are other (e.g belong to a diff ethinic group) are resposnible for the
ills of society
‘other’ people are what to authotarians
convenient target
authotarians are likely to obey orders from authority figures even when
such orders are destructive
e.g nazi germany
adorno et al believed authotarian personaloty types form in
and why
childhood
mostly as result of harsh parenting
describe the parenting style of authotarian perosnlaity children 5 things
strict discipline
expectation of absolute loyalty
impossibly high standards
sever criticisms of percieved failings
conditional love
what did adono argue about the childhoofd xp that ap people had
create resentment and hostility in a child
whats key about the resntment and hostility ap childhood xp
kid cant express feeligs against parent as fear punishment
as kids cant express fellings against parents as fear punsihment what happens instead
fears dsiplaced onto others who they percieve to be weaker - scapegoating
as kids not able to express feleling as fearf punishment of parent and instead use scapegiating what does this explain
hatred towards people percieved as socially inferior /who belong to other social groups
what is hatred towards people considred to be socially infeoior or a part of other social groups a central feature of
obedience to a hgiher authority
what type of explanation is orgigins of authotarian personlaity
psychodynamic
adorno theory based on
research data
who did adorno study and what about them
more than 2000 middle class white americans
their unconscious attitudes towards other ethnic groups
how did researchers test unconscious attittudes towards ethnic minorities
severla measurment scales including potential for fascism (f scale)