Who coined the term the authoritarian personality?
Bob Altemeyer
What is an authoritarian ruler?
Authoritarianism is characterized by highly concentrated and centralized government power maintained by political repression and the exclusion of potential challengers. Authoritarianism is marked by “indefinite political tenure” of the ruler or ruling party (often in a one-party state) or other authority.
What was the aim of Adorno’s research?
Here, are all the case studies you will need to know for Key Topic 3, Stereotyping, Prejudice and Discrimination. Adorno’s Authoritarian Personality Questionnaire. Aim: To investigate the roots of prejudice particularly antisemitism.
How do individual differences affect obedience?
Individual Differences refers to variables that make one person different from another. The social theories of obedience and prejudice tend to ignore these individual differences, concentrating instead on processes that are universal and apply to everyone.
What are the explanations for obedience?
Explanations for obedience: agentic state and legitimacy of authority, and situational variables affecting obedience including proximity, location and uniform, as investigated by Milgram. Dispositional explanation for obedience: the Authoritarian Personality.
What are dispositional characteristics?
Dispositional Factors (also known as Internal Factors) are individual characteristics that influence behavior and actions in a person. They are things that come from within an individual that they do not have much control over.
What are the factors that affect obedience?
Factors That Increase Obedience
- Commands were given by an authority figure rather than another volunteer.
- The experiments were done at a prestigious institution.
- The authority figure was present in the room with the subject.
- The learner was in another room.
- The subject did not see other subjects disobeying commands.
What can leaders count on that makes obedience always happen?
What can leaders count on that makes obedience always happen? Nothing is specified that ensures that obedience will always happen. Obedience is only common when a person is going to benefit from doing the actions.