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Adorno et. al.
Authoritarian personality research.
-dispositional explanation of obedience A: to understand why people obey authority
P: created the F-scale based on 2,000 white americans' views on other ethnic groups
F: people who had authoritarian personalites scored higher on the F-scale.
C: positive correlation between authoritarianism and prejudice - had a distinct BW cognitive style
E: / reseach support: Elms Milgram found obedient participants were more authoritarian.
× political bias: only r-wing