Dispositional Explanation for Obedience

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What does PAD stand for in the dispositional explanation for obedience?

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P: Personality explanation, A: Authoritarian personality, D: Dispositional explanation.

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Who proposed the idea of the Authoritarian Personality?

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Adorno.

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What parenting style is associated with the development of an Authoritarian Personality?

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Harsh and unloving parenting.

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List three characteristics of an Authoritarian Personality.

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1. Highly obedient to those in power. 2. Preference for people in their own in-group. 3. Discrimination against those with less status and intolerance of diversity.

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What are the two main questionnaires Adorno used to measure authoritarian personality?

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F-Scale (Fascism Scale) and E-Scale (Ethnocentrism Scale).

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What does the F-Scale measure?

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Attitudes of an authoritarian personality through agreement/disagreement with Right Wing political statements.

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What does the E-Scale measure?

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Belief that a person’s own ethnic group is superior to others.

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What was the sample size of Adorno’s study using the F and E scales?

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2,000 Americans.

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What correlation did Adorno find in his study?

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A strong correlation between high F-scale scores (authoritarian personality) and high obedience to authority.

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What did Adorno discover about parenting in his follow-up interviews?

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A link between authoritarian personality and harsh, unloving parenting.