Psychology A-Level
Authoritarian Personality
What Authoritarian Personality means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Authoritarian Personality
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Adorno measured it with the F-scale and found high scorers were submissive to superiors, contemptuous of inferiors, rigid in their thinking and hostile to other groups.
Topics that use Authoritarian Personality
- Social influence (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Agentic state
- Consistency
- Internals
- Legitimacy of authority
- Locus of control
- Modelling of disobedience
- Social support
- Commitment
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