Adornos Theory

• What is a dispositional explanation of obedience?

  Based on individual personality traits
• Who proposed the concept of the authoritarian personality?

  Adorno
• What does Adorno suggest influences the development of the authoritarian personality?

  Childhood experiences
• What is the F-scale developed by Adorno?

  A questionnaire measuring attitudes towards races
• How many middle-class, white Americans were involved in Adorno's study?

  More than 2000
• What traits do people with an authoritarian personality exhibit according to Adorno?

  More obedient, respect authority, rigid opinions
• How do authoritarian individuals view weakness?

  They disdain anyone who shows weakness
• How do authoritarian personalities treat those they consider beneath them?

  They look down on them
• What is a common behavior of authoritarian individuals towards authority figures?

  They may feel resentment but take it out on others
• What type of parenting leads to the development of an authoritarian personality?

  Overbearing and dictatorial parenting
• What kind of love do authoritarian parents typically express?

  Conditional love based on obedience
• How does a child of authoritarian parents learn behaviors?

  By identifying with their parents' attitudes
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of Adorno's theory on the authoritarian personality?

  Strengths:

  • F-scale is replicable with standardised questions
  • Useful in real-world applications (e.g., war, racism)

  
  

  Weaknesses:

  • Questionnaire data may lack validity
  • Not all obedient individuals have authoritarian traits