The Other "Authoritarian Personality"

This chapter provides the replication- based nature of the scientific quest, in which far-flung researchers test old findings and add new ones in the cooperative development of insight. Right- wing authoritarians displayed the predictable double standard in sentencing a homosexual instigator versus an antihomosexual one in the attack over gay rights. In the Posse and Trials situations established authority sanctioned punishment and that means a lot more to authoritarians than it does to social dominators. As measured by the Right- Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) scale, right-wing authoritarians believe strongly in submission to established authorities and the social norms these authorities endorse. Adult…