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Adorno And Allum Similarities And Differences

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‘Outline the similarities and differences between the research studies of Adorno et al. (1950) and Allum (2011) on personality types’

Allum’s research revealed correlations to Adorno’s personality scales, rationalizing three hypothesized studies. Allum (2011), cited in McAvoy (2017), (pp. 33-38), studies included pseudoscience ideologies such as Astrology to foretell events in individual’s life, as well lack scientific literacy from participants of how ‘Astrology’ and ‘Astronomy’ were etymologically classified. Allum similarly supported Adorno’s notion that people with authoritarian personalities were more likely to believe in superstition and pseudo-sciences such as astrology, however, Allum contrasting Adorno et al.’s authoritarian personality type analysis, questioned the inclination of this study’s sample, assuming a more generalized view among populations, Allum (2011), (p. 362). Adorno leaned heavily upon Freud, using a systematic formula to directly observe measurable aspects of personality, exploring latent fascist predisposition to prejudice theorizing the structure of personality research, Adorno (1950), (p. 53). To further interpret Freudian similarities in both researcher’s work, in this essay, the reader will notice Adorno and Allum put in question the forces of personality; its processes, how they were organized, and similar report methods used. The forces of personality are primarily needs, (drives, wishes, emotional impulses), which varied from one

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