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Dispositional explanations
Adorno et al
Argued obedience to authority due to personality
Treated harshly young, more hostile towards parents
Submissive towards authority
Feelings displaced on to others that are inferior
2,000 middles class Americans
Used for unconscious views towards racial groups
F-Scale ( questionnaire )
People who score higher, showed disrespect for weak
Authoritarian personality - high levels of obedience
Society requires strong leadership, rigid off traditional values
Evaluation
Supporting authoritarian personality
Milgram found...
Conducted interviews on fully obedient pp
See link between obedience and authoritarian personality
Fully obedient pp scored higher on F-Scale
Were less close to their fathers and admired experimenter
Concluded obedient pp showed characteristics of authoritarian personality
Individual differences contribute to development of authoritarian personality
Middeendorp and Meleon found...
Less educated likely to be more authoritarian than well educated
Means levels of education leads to obedience not just authoritarian personality
Social desirability has influenced results
People appear authoritarian but aren't
Answers are believed to be socially correct
Reduces internal validity of F-Scale
Political bias
F-Scale only on extreme right-wing ideologies
Christie and Jahoda found...
Ignores historical left wing politics
Limitation of Adorno's theory
F-Scale fails to account for diverse political range