PSY322H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Lecture Notes In Computer Science, Group Conflict, Authoritarian Personality
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Fear & dependency on parents + hatred & suspicion of them hostility to other groups. Authoritarian also found in minority-group: jews high in measures of antidemocratic values and attitudes more likely to be anti-semitic. Problems: researchers becoming more critical of the approach. Smith & rosen (1958): found an inverse correlation between authoritarian personality scores and a measure of what they termed world-mindedness (one"s attitudes toward and acceptance of people from other countries) Very prejudiced toward outgroups (high rwa scores correlate highly with measures of ethnocentrism & hostility toward homosexuals) Show more prejudiced attitudes when their answers are anonymous. Tend to be prejudiced toward virtually everyone. Fearful + self-righteous correlation with prejudice. Committed religious orientation: hold a wide range of beliefs categories through which one can evaluate the world, and one"s ideas about the world and others tend to be more complex and open-minded. More likely to thoughtfully consider different ideas, beliefs, and opinions.
