Causes Of People Falling Under Authoritarian Personality

Decent Essays
3. Authoritarian personality- A theory that links prejudice to childhood experiences with stern, severe parents. People who fall into Authoritarian personality often have a strong sense of right and wrong. People falling under authoritarian personality were called that because of their willingness to be to support Authoritarian political movements and spouse prejudicial rhetoric. F scale used to measure is, Adherence to conventional values, Uncritical acceptance to authority, Aggressiveness toward people who do not conform to the same conventional norms, rejection of self-analysis. Individuals who have these traits are more willing to be prejudicial to minority

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    There is this question we all ask ourselves what is it or why is it that when a prisoner is released from prison they often reoffend and returns to prison? If an inmate has been in prison a long period of time they become immune, adapt, Stockholm syndrome, but the correct word in this case is institutionalization. " Institutionalized Personality Traits are caused by living in an oppressive environment that demands: passive compliance to the demands of authority figures, passive acceptance of severely restricted acts of daily living, the repression of personal lifestyle preferences, the elimination of critical thinking and individual decision making, and internalized acceptance of severe restrictions on the honest self-expression thoughts and…

    • 370 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This paper proposes a descriptive model of good leadership behaviors & traits based on the outcome of taking Thoroughgood’s destructive leadership behavior scale and personal results from the Jung Typology Test on personalities. In addition, it briefly describes the characteristics of destructive leadership behaviors and how it can become contagious. More importantly, it highlights the link between a successful leader, and the significance of how well their followers follows. The dynamic between the leader and follower is genuinely harmonious – you cannot have one without the other.…

    • 952 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Every child around the world has rights in rearing, and developing. Everyone knows that anything that happens to a child will affect them either positively or negatively. In other words, children will grow and develop as they were reared since they are very sensitive creatures. According to "Everydaylife.com," there are four different types of child-rearing styles, which are, "Authoritarian" - according to Dr. Gwen Dewar, children raised in this style are expected to obey parents regardless of the situation, and negotiation and discussion are not tolerated. Children who are reared by this style have higher rates of anxiety, depression and low self-esteem.…

    • 361 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The human brain, the strongest and the most complex body part inside the human body. The structure of the brain can lead scientist to pin point were in the brain emotions are associated with. One small change in the chemical output or a change in the stricter of the brain can make a person change their point of view and feelings. The article “Don’t Put the Brain on Trial” makes the claim that the human brain is to unpredictable and changing laws to best fit each person with mental problems goes against the true meaning of justice. The author uses logos to disprove the article published in The Atlantic that the justice needs to change to comidet people with mental problems, and the author argues no one should get special treatment.…

    • 854 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I strongly believe that there are some extremely unpredictable situations which don’t let us predict the behavior. As we know, multiple psychological studies prove that people are likely to violate the social rules in extraordinary situations, not always of course, but in the majority of cases. To answer this question I have to look back at my past and find the situation which might be somehow similar. For instance, when I was at primary school, I helped the girl who was not accepted by all the classmates.…

    • 329 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Raising my virtual child was a very interesting experience for me. I had a little girl and I named her Anna. She was early and had a low birthweight but other than that she was completely healthy. The program made the decisions that I had to make very realistic. There were issues and decisions in everything from development to how I disciplined my child.…

    • 1479 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Hate Crime Research Paper

    • 1301 Words
    • 6 Pages

    A hate crime is a crime, usually involving violence or threatening/making scared committed against others based partially or wholely on race, (family and cultural characteristics), (male/female status), religion, sexual orientation or membership in another social group. "(prejudiced mental pictures) unreliable, (stated that something is much bigger, worse, etc., than it really is) (big statements based on very little information) about all members of a group that do not take individual differences into account" (Schaefer 40). (prejudiced mental pictures) can be positive, but are usually connected with negative beliefs or actions such as (assuming certain races of people are more likely to commit crimes). 2.Differentiate between (unfair,…

    • 1301 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The President of United Nation of South America (UNSA), as the leader of the free world, should take a serious consideration for what his challenging task to end the slavery and oppressive society that have taken the innocent citizenry’ liberal and freedom rights away of United States. His taking action is an empathic and sentimental concern for what Americans have to face the totalitarian dictatorship of President for decades. He decides to take an action in his ethical behavior opposes the tyrannical dictator’ ethical practices and decisions. When the dictatorial President of United States decides to ban the liberty and freedom rights of citizenry’ lives, they face to lose the concepts of liberty and freedom footnotes in many banned books, and they are forced into a slavery system that is unacceptable to UNSA President.…

    • 588 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Prejudice is a attitude or judgment conceived about an individual or group without any prior knowledge about that group…

    • 1586 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In the article, A Leader’s Guide to Why People Behave the Way They Do, one of the key ideas to take away from this article is how an effective leader should not focus on using a command and reward system to obtain proper behavior in the workplace. Instead, a leader should “understand why the people they are trying to influence behave the way they do” (Clawson, 2001). With this very idea, we can begin to open our minds to fully understand people, not only in our professional lives but in our personal lives as well. Having the skill to understand VABEs (Values, Assumptions, Beliefs, and Expectations) and the ability it has to shape behavior is important for an effective leader (Clawson, 2001). VABEs are developed early and throughout our lives…

    • 1033 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Trait theorists focus on the measurement of traits and believe that to better understand personality we should focus on an individual’s traits and characteristic behaviour(Saul Kassin,; 2003). Using the five-factor model of personality, trait theorists can develop different kinds of questionnaires, such as the NEO Personality Inventory, to measure a person’s personality traits (Costa, P.T. Jr. and McCrae, R.R, 1992). With this data, researchers can describe a person’s personality using the 5 global factors of the five-factor model. The five-factor model helps trait theorists identify characteristics that individuals possess and to the extent of which they are present (Matthews, Gerald; Deary, Ian J.; Whiteman, Martha C, 2003). Freuds psychodynamic…

    • 712 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    My ideology the next generation left, fits in where my views are very much liberal. People who have this ideology tend to accept homosexuality, abortion, illegal immigrants, etc. and are sympathetic towards people with low income. They have an open mind where they are ready to accept these things which religious people don’t. Therefore, they believe that people don’t need religion in order to be moralistic or to have good values. They also would want the government to serve the poor and make laws that benefits them and helps them grow stronger as they like equal and balanced power for everyone.…

    • 379 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    As a proud democratic country it is hard for Americans to look at another regime type and think of it as having positive qualities. This is especially true regarding an authoritarian regime. Easily associated with Russia and thus the Cold War, seeing any good come from our once enemies regime is difficult. However just because proud Americans cannot see something does not mean it does not exist; there are positive qualities to an authoritarian regime type, especially when limited to looking at the short term. These regimes are constantly rising and falling in the world.…

    • 1688 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Personality refers to the emotional and physical environment or surrounding that influences the behavior or character of an individual. Through this, the consistent or stable behavior, attitude, interest and capabilities of a person are used to predict their reaction to particular circumstances. Personality development, therefore, is believed to be coined from two significant and contrasting theories, psychodynamic and social learning theories. The psychodynamic theory is among the first influential explanation that combines the genetic and biological forces together with an individual’s social experience in a bid to explain personality acquisition from childhood. It also tries to explain how an individual’s unsatisfactory childhood experience…

    • 1209 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The importance of motivation is in my opinion the least understood area of knowledge held by those who hold vital leadership positions in organizations. Being an excellent motivator to your employees will ultimately be the measure of your success as a leader. Along with motivation, communication is key. Every act of communication influences the organization in someway. With effective communication workers tend to perform better and are more satisfied with their job.…

    • 891 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays