Lesson 3.2.1.2.2
3.2.1.2.2 Dispositional factors and Adorno's authoritarian personality Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 5
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The 20 questions
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What personality type did Adorno link to extreme prejudice and strict obedience?
- Altruistic personality
- Authoritarian personality
- Psychopathic personality
- Autonomous personality
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Which childhood environment did Adorno associate with developing an authoritarian personality?
- Affectionate guidance
- Harsh, punitive parenting
- Permissive parenting
- Neglectful upbringing
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Which scale did Adorno and colleagues develop to measure authoritarian personality?
- The Sapir scale
- The Milgram scale
- The Asch scale
- The F-scale
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Which cognitive trait is a core feature of the authoritarian personality?
- High emotional empathy
- Flexible problem solving
- Rigid black-and-white thinking
- Democratic decision making
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What type of explanation for obedience is Adorno's authoritarian personality theory?
- Evolutionary
- Situational
- Cultural
- Dispositional
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Which major factor does Adorno's theory of obedience overlook?
- Genetic factors
- Biological factors
- Cognitive biases
- Situational factors
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Which trait is strongly associated with the authoritarian personality?
- Situational flexibility
- Moral relativism
- Rigid conventionality
- High empathy
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What behavioural pattern is typical of an authoritarian personality?
- Deference upward
- Equal egalitarianism
- Complete autonomy
- Rebellion upward
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High scores on which specific measure are linked to increased prejudice in Adorno's theory?
- Lie scale
- LOC scale
- IQ test
- F-scale
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How does Adorno's theory primarily differ from Milgram's agency theory?
- Focuses on genetics
- Focuses on proximity
- Focuses on personality
- Focuses on culture
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Which parenting style did Adorno link to the authoritarian personality?
- Permissive warm
- Neglectful absent
- Democratic balanced
- Harsh punitive
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What is a key strength of Adorno's dispositional explanation for obedience?
- Clear temporal validity
- High cultural bias
- Universal validity
- Individual differences
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What is a primary methodological criticism of the F-scale?
- Response bias
- Poor standardisation
- Low temporal stability
- Lack of anonymity
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What does the term 'authoritarian' mean within Adorno's theory?
- Strict rule-following
- Flexible morality
- Complete independence
- Democratic leadership
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Which finding would provide the strongest support for Adorno's theory?
- Peer pressure correlation
- Cultural shift correlation
- High intelligence correlation
- Harsh upbringing correlation
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How does Adorno's authoritarian personality theory relate to Milgram's situational explanation?
- It contradicts it
- It complements it
- It replaces it
- It disproves it
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A person says they admire strict leaders and feel rules must never be questioned. Which concept does this describe?
- Agentic state
- Deindividuation
- Authoritarian personality
- Social loafing
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What core attitude towards authority defines the authoritarian personality?
- Critical questioning
- Submissive obedience
- Passive resistance
- Active rebellion
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In what historical period was Adorno's authoritarian personality research conducted?
- Interwar period
- Victorian era
- Post-World War Two
- Twenty-first century
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Which questionnaire was used by Adorno to measure the authoritarian personality?
- F-scale
- A-scale
- O-scale
- E-scale
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