The Authoritarian Personality
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- Created on: 23-04-18 15:53
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- The Authoritarian Personality
- Elms and Milgram ('66)
- Very little variation in relation to MMPI + high auth in obedient Ps
- Ps were also asked about their childhood relationships + attitudes towards the experimenter + learner
- Obedient Ps said that they were less close with their fathers + described them in -ve terms
- 20 obedient Ps + 20 defiant Ps completed the MMPI scale and the F scale
- Obedient Ps saw the authority figure as more admirable + the learner less so
- A personality pattern which is strict adherance to values + beliefs in submission to authority
- F scale was developed in 1947 as a measure of authoritarian traits
- PPL who score high on the F scale tend to have been raised by parents who used authoritarian parenting
- Right-wing Authoritarianism (RWA) - personality traits like authority submission, authoritarian aggression + conventional
- Evaluation
- Research: Many studies have seen that authoritarian personalities are more obedient
- Social Context: Milgram found that the social situation affected obedience regardless of personalities
- Authoritarian vs obedient: The main difference was in upbringing which affected personality
- Education: Less educated PPL are more authoritarian + more obedient
- Left-wing = low obedience: The lower PPL shocked the more left wing they were
- Elms and Milgram ('66)
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