PSYC12H3 Chapter 4: PSYC12 Textbook chapter 4
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authoritarians: certain patterns of prejudice, childhood upbringing, and relationships with parents tended to be quite common. specifically, authoritarians tended to group in homes in which the parents or guardians were strict disciplinarians, often using harsh discipline to keep the children from misbehaving and to punish them when they disobeyed the parents or guardians. more likely to adhere strictly to middle class traditions and values, and to think very rigidly. tended to hold prejudices against not just one group but many groups (anyone different) hated deviant impulses and were also more likely to externalize these unacceptable impulses to others via projection. these unacceptable impulses are displaced to stereotyped groups. the authoritarian person does not believe they have these negative qualities, but these undesirable characteristics are attributed to various minority groups. can also be found in some minority group members.
