The authoritarian personality was presented by Adorno in 1950
An authoritarian personality is a personality type that is characterised by a strong sense of socialobligation and a strong desire to obeyauthority
Authoritarian personality theory
People are more likely to obey due to their authoritarian personality, which makes them strict, aggressive, and overlyrespectful of authority.
As a consequence of this authoritative personality, these people fear and respect authority figures and punish people of lower social status.
An authoritarian personality comes from overly-strict upbringing
The F-scale measures tendency towards facism, thought to be the essence of the authoritarian personality.
People who scored highly on the F-Scale had fixed stereotypes, Identified with "Strong" people, disliked "weak" people and were inflexible with ideas of right and wrong.
