Dispositional Explanation for Obedience: Authoritarian Personality (AQA A-Level Psychology): Flashcards
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Dispositional explanations focus on...
Dispositional explanations focus on...
Internal personality factors & individual characteristics
Psychologist who identified authoritarian personality
Psychologist who identified authoritarian personality
Theodore Adorno
Adorno's tool to measure authoritarian personality
Adorno's tool to measure authoritarian personality
F-Scale (Fascism Scale)
Reaction formation definition
Reaction formation definition
Unconscious negative feelings transform into conscious positive ones
Key trait of authoritarian personality: submission
Key trait of authoritarian personality: submission
Rigid submission to authority figures
Authoritarian personality develops from...
Authoritarian personality develops from...
Harsh, overly strict parenting in childhood
Scapegoating in authoritarian development
Scapegoating in authoritarian development
Displacing anger onto 'inferior' others who seem weak
Type of scale used in F-Scale
Type of scale used in F-Scale
Likert-style scale
Acquiescence bias affects...
Acquiescence bias affects...
F-Scale validity & reliability (Greenberg)
Nazi Germany shows theory's poor...
Nazi Germany shows theory's poor...
Ecological validity - can't explain mass obedience