Authoritarian personality

• Adorno

  Developed the California 'F' scale questionnaire
• 1. scale questionnaire

  • Measures different components of the Authoritarian personality
  • High F-scale scores linked to identification with strong and contempt for the weak
  • Linked to high awareness of status, fixed stereotypes and rigid beliefs
• Authoritarian personality

  A personality type that is more likely to obey an authority
• Characteristics of authoritarian personality

  • Extreme respect for authority
  • Obedience to it
  • Inflexible outlook
  • Hatred for minorities
• Origins of authoritarian personality

  Harsh parenting
• Harsh parenting

  Can lead to authoritarian personality, but this is not always the case
• Right-wing authoritarianism (RWA)

  • Altemeyer's refined concept of authoritarian personality
  • Has 3 important characteristics making people more likely to obey: conventionalism, authoritarian aggression and authoritarian submission
• Authoritarian personalities and people with right wing views

  More likely to obey
• The measurement of authoritarianism relied on self-report data