PSYC12H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Authoritarian Personality, Authoritarianism, Ethnocentrism
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Authoritarianism: one of the first attempts to examine the prejudice personality was put forth by adorno a(cid:374)d his (cid:272)olleagues, (cid:449)ith thei(cid:396) des(cid:272)(cid:396)iptio(cid:374) of (cid:449)hat the(cid:455) (cid:272)alled the (cid:862)autho(cid:396)ita(cid:396)ia(cid:374) pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alit(cid:455)(cid:863). Specifically, authoritarians tended to grow up 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 parent or guardian. Character-conditioned prejudice: allpo(cid:396)t ela(cid:271)o(cid:396)ated o(cid:374) ado(cid:396)(cid:374)o et al. "s theo(cid:396)(cid:455) of autho(cid:396)ita(cid:396)ia(cid:374) pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d suggested that such a personality is a strong contributor in developing prejudice attitudes. Adorno et al. , allport discussed the prejudiced personality in psychodynamic terms. Allpo(cid:396)t (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e that the p(cid:396)ejudi(cid:272)ed pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alit(cid:455) e(cid:373)e(cid:396)ged out of a (cid:862)(cid:272)(cid:396)ippled(cid:863) ego. Specifically, this individual feels threatened, insecure, and fearful of virtually everything. Problems with the psychodynamic approach: world-(cid:373)i(cid:374)ded(cid:374)ess is a (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept that i(cid:374)di(cid:272)ates o(cid:374)e"s attitudes to(cid:449)a(cid:396)d a(cid:374)d a(cid:272)(cid:272)epta(cid:374)(cid:272)e of people from other countries (low scores indicate greater intolerance).
