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is also associated with suspiciousness of the humanities and the arts, and with cognitive rigidity, militaristic sentiments, and Christian fundamentalism.

Among white Americans, high scores on measures of authoritarianism today tend to be associated with prejudice against a wide range of 'out-groups,' including homosexuals, African Americans, immigrants, and Muslims. Authoritarianism is also associated with suspiciousness of the humanities and the arts, and with cognitive rigidity, militaristic sentiments, and Christian fundamentalism.

is associated with deference to authority figures, hostility towards those outside the dominant social group, such as ethnic minorities, and strong right-wing or even fascist political beliefs.

as a coherent pattern of social and political attitudes (Adorno et al., 1950). In its original form, authoritarianism was associated with deference to authority figures, hostility towards those outside the dominant social group, such as ethnic minorities, and strong right-wing or even Fascist political beliefs. Adorno et al. devised a variety of scales for authoritarianism. The most successful was the F-scale, which measures 'potentiality for fascism', and has had some success in predicting criteria such as racial prejudice.

is associated with prejudice against a wide range of 'out-groups,' including homosexuals, african Americans, immigrants, and muslims.

is grounded in a mandate to ensure the security, purity, and goodness of the in-group to keep the good stuff in and the bad stuff out.

The authoritarian mandate is to ensure the security, purity, and goodness of the in-group to keep the good stuff in and the bad stuff out. In the 1820s, white settlers in Georgia and other frontier areas lived in constant fear of American Indian tribes. They resented the federal government for not keeping them safe from what they perceived to be a mortal threat and a corrupting contagion. Responding to these fears, President Jackson pushed hard for the passage of the Indian Removal Act, which eventually led to the forced relocation of 45,000 American Indians. At least 4,000 Cherokees died on the Trail of Tears, which ran from Georgia to the Oklahoma territory.

is not limited to right-wingers... stalin would be as good an exemplar as hitler of an extreme authoritarian.

Second, as Eysenck (1954) has pointed out, authoritarianism is not limited to right-wingers... Stalin would be as good an exemplar as Hitler of an extreme authoritarian.

is related to excessive parental discipline causing the child to displace aggression from its parents to other, weaker individuals.

Fourth, the psychological basis for authucitarianjsm is unclear. Originally, Adorno et al. ( 1950) related it to a psychoanalytic conception of excessive parental discipline causing the child to displace aggression from its parents to other, weaker individuals. However, as we saw in chapter .5, such hypotheses arc difficult to test. A more promising hypothesis is cognitive in nature... that high F-scorers are characterised by low 'integrative complexity', so that they perceive the world in simplistic, stereotyped categories, and have little tolerance for ambiguity (Simonton. 1990). Other traits relate directly to acceptance of cultural beliefs. Hui and Triandis ( 1986) discuss a dimension of collectivism vs indivi.dualism, which relates to adherence to group standards, and is higher in Asian than in American samples

is an existential threat to humanity. Human history began with an act of disobedience and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience.

Human history began with an act of disobedience and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience. Erich Fromm

is the social expression of the obsessional personality, which relates to conscientiousness.

Third, its distinctiveness from broad personality traits is unclear. Kline and Cooper ( 1984) concluded from psychometric evidence that authoritarianism is the social expression of the obsessional personality, which relates to Conscientiousness. Authoritarianism scales are also substantially negatively correlated with Openness (MacCrae, 1996).

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