PSYCH 2B03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Trait Theory, Richard E. Nisbett, Authoritarianism
11 Apr 2014
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But how large is this effect: three important situational experiments were analyzed to see the effect size. Experiments with attitudes and cognitive dissonance dealing with forced compliance and monetary intervention (change beliefs vs. pay off feelings) Bystander intervention ( in a hurry) experiments. In the end the person-situation debate was resolved with that people are different from each other and that these differences do mater. Authoritarianism basis for racial prejudice and fascism; historically affect society: fromm: after ww2, wondered how people could have morally survived nazi germany. Made up of three clusters of attitudes and behaviours: : updated right wing authoritarianism scale, by canadian bob. Authoritarian submission: tendency to be obedient and submissive to established leaders (government, church, etc). Authoritarian aggression: tendency to act with aggressive hostility towards anybody who might be marginalized (societal deviants, for example) They correlate with academic success (more years in school, could be a marker variable, or signal of conscientiousness) and health.
