| Question | Answer |
| Who proposed that prejudice is the result of an individual’s personality type? | Adorno et al (1950)
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What did Adorno et al call the questionnaire? | F-scale
| Evidence to back up Adorno’s ideas came from what 3 sources? | case studies/psychometric testing- f scale/clinical interviews
| What did the clinical interviews reveal about situational aspects of their childhood? | very strict parents
| What 3 things are authoritarian personalities likely to be? | hostile to people consider inferior status obedient to higher status/rigid opinions/conventional
| Adorno believed that authoritarian personality caused by harsh upbringing which leads to what type of attitude? | them and us
| Who do authoritarian types unconsciously feel hostility towards? | parents
| What happens to the hostility towards parents? | displaces anger onto weaker group
| What does F-scale stand for? | fascism scale
| Which psychological approach does Adorno’s research come from? | psychodynamic
| How many people did Adorno use on his sample? | 2000
| What does a harsh parenting style not always produce? | prejudice children/individuals
| Why doesn’t the authoritarian personality explain why whole social groups are prejudice? | all wpuld have to have an authoritarian personality which is unlikely.
| What seems to offer a better explanation of prejudice? | cultural or social norms
| What did Hyman and Sheatsley (1954) find was a better predictor of high f-scale scores than an authoritarian personality? | lower educational level. |
