Authoritarian Personality BSF

Dispositional factors are...

• Internal factors

• External factors

Authoritarian personality is associated with...

• A higher level of obedience

• A lower level of obedience

• Has no affect on someone's obedience

______________ created a key study to test the authoritarian personality

• Milgram

• Zimbardo

• Asch

• Adorno

People with authoritarian personalities often had parents who were harsh and strict

• true

• false

According to Adorno, children's displace the resentment they feel towards their parents onto themselves

• true

• false

What does the 'F' stand for in the F-scale questionnaire?

• Fake

• Frenetic

• Fascist

• Follower

Who were Adorno's sample?

• British working class students

• American middle class students

• American adults from a variety of backgrounds

• British middle-aged working class adults

Adorno found that people bought up by strict parents are more likely to... ?

• Rebel against traditional values

• Respect and love their parents

• Respect authority and be very obedient

• Leave home as soon as they can

Authoritarian personalities believe in which of the following?

• The need for kindness and understanding

• The need for tolerance and forgiveness

• The need for humility and compassion

• The need for power and toughness

Individuals who scored high on the F-scale

• Identified with 'strong' people and showed disrespect towards the 'weak'

• Show excessive respect to those in power

• Have a particular cognitive style which categorises other people into specific categories

• All of the above