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Dispositional Explanation for Obedience: Authoritarian Personality
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What do dispositional explanations focus on?

Internal personality factors

Which psychologist identified the authoritarian personality?

Theodore Adorno

What thinking style characterises authoritarian personality?

Black-and-white thinking

What does the F-Scale measure?

Authoritarian personality traits

What type of scale does the F-Scale use?

Likert-style scale

According to Adorno, what causes authoritarian personality?

Harsh parenting in childhood

What is reaction formation in Adorno's theory?

Unconscious negativity becoming conscious positivity

What bias did Greenberg identify in the F-Scale?

Acquiescence bias

Who criticised the F-Scale for ignoring left-wing authoritarianism?

Christie and Jahoda

Which example shows poor ecological validity of the theory?

Nazi Germany

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