The Authoritarian Personality

Sort By:
Page 7 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Decent Essays

    Psychological Theories of Prejudice The first experiment I would like to look at is Adorno et al (1950). In this experiment Adorno hypothesised that a child's personality especially their level of prejudice came from the way in which they were raised by their parents. Adorno argued that if children were brought up in an authoritarian environment, where the children were not allowed to express themselves they would aim there anger towards other parties. Adorno calculated that the

    • 1052 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    child’s personality than the role of nature. This class has provided me with more support and in agreement with my claim and it has given me a new perspective as to which parenting class I will use when I have my own family. Nature is the individual’s inheritance while nurture is an individual 's experiences within the environment around oneself. Nature and nurture both help influence behaviors and personalities. With that being said, I believe that temperaments, behaviors, and personalities are mostly

    • 1561 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Best Essays

    “There is no way in which parents can evade having a determining effect upon their children’s personality, character, and competence” (Baumrind, 1978). It is amazing that children who are raised in completely different environments can go on to possess similar characteristics later in life. But why is this the case? The functions that parents perform greatly influence how children develop. A tremendous amount of research has been done on the effects of parenting styles since 1966 when Diana

    • 2101 Words
    • 9 Pages
    • 39 Works Cited
    Best Essays
  • Decent Essays

    become, reflects your culture and represents values important in a family. Parenting style has a long term impact on a child’s development, success and outlook on life. The three styles of parenting are permissive parenting/hands-off parenting , authoritarian parenting, authoritative parenting .Studies revealed that the authoritative parenting style results in the highest success rates for their children in school and in social aspects, thus creating a stable child (Lloyd, Carol.2012). Parenting styles

    • 1545 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    Most aspects of the lives of all North Korean citizens are dictated by the authoritarian regime in command. A harsh social hierarchy system dictates where you can live, work, and go to school, as well as decide your food supply, and access to medical care. In North Korea freedom of speech and political dissent are punished. If you

    • 1617 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Better Essays

    * . Describe how Carolyn and David fit in terms of authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive forms of parenting. * Authoritative parents set clear and consistent limits for children. They are flexible but firm, whichs leads to children who are responsible, cooperative, and self reliant. * There are almost as many

    • 2389 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Throughout long history of psychology, there are many brilliant and remarkable psychologists who grew psychology longing as 21st century, today. They have contributed many theories, ideas, and experiments that made study of human mind and behavior much more noble and interesting. As psychology grow older and older, there are many different types of branches that were created, such as psychoanalysis, behavior, cognitive, evolutionary, and developmental. Each branches have changed way society works

    • 859 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Case 8D: Conflict over President’s Authoritarian Leadership Style Have you ever been on a board where the members circulated a petition to remove the President from office? I have. Not only did board members want to sign it, but also past presidents who helped build its reputation, membership, and history. I believe the underlying cause of the conflict was the president’s authoritarian leadership style. According to one source, authoritarian leadership is “a leadership style in which the leader dictates

    • 802 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    financially. For example, one main reason blacks and Hispanics do not attend college is because of the costly tuition fees in which students are expected to pay. Authoritarian personality is a personality type used to describe people who would more likely support authoritarian political movements espousing prejudice. A person with this personality would coincide with Nazis in Germany and maybe even Trump. Cognitive prejudice refers to what people believe is true or in other words, stereotypes of people

    • 1290 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    characteristics or trustworthy traits. Those therapists adopting the personalised method carry out a preliminary interview to determine their client’s primary modality. They may use questionnaires, or a series of questions on behaviour, appearance and personality, to find out what kind of speech patterns and style the client would be most receptive to. The three primary modalities are: Kinaesthetic (Feeling) This represents a person who thinks in terms of feeling or physical actions, both internally

    • 2159 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Better Essays