Authoritarian personality

• Who believed high levels of obedience is dispositional?

  Adorno
• What did Adorno argue people with an authoritarian personality show?

  1 . An extreme respect for authority

  2 . The belief society is weak and needs strong and powerful leaders to enforce traditional values
• What does both characteristics of people with an Authoritarian personality make people?

  More likely to obey orders
• People with Authoritarian personalities show contempt for those of inferior social status
• What do people with authoritarian personalities believe about 'others'?

  Responsible for the ills of society
• Authoritarians are likely to obey orders from authority figures even when they're destructive
• Everything is either right or wrong and authoritarians are very uncomfortable with uncertainty
• When did Adorno believe the authoritarian personality forms?

  Childhood
• Why did Adorno believe the authoritarian personality forms in childhood?

  Strict parenting; discipline, high standards and conditional love
• Adorno believed childhood experiences create resentment and hostility that is displaced onto others they perceive to be weaker (scapegoating)