In January of 2017, when the political controversy over Donald Trump's perplexing win over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 national election was at its peak, my professor began his political psychology course by asking the lecture hall the following: "How many of you wish Hillary had won the election?" The question was voluntary, yet nearly every hand in the room shot up.
"Okay, and how many of you supported Trump winning the election?" The room was quiet as not a single hand was raised, followed by a few chuckles.
"Next, how many of you feel that liberals are safe walking across campus expressing their political views?" Every hand once again went into the air.
"And how many of you feel that conservatives are safe to walk around campus expressing their political views?" The room filled with laughter as nobody raised their hand.
There are many aspects to authoritarianism, but the unifying component is authority.
In an attempt to quantitatively measure authoritarianism, Theodor Adorno - one of the first psychologists in the field of political psychology - created the F-Scale in 1947, a questionnaire that would give individuals a self-reported number that correlates to how authoritarian his or her personality is.
Conventionalism, or how adherent one is to conventional, middle-class values; Authoritarian aggression, meaning the tendency to reject, condemn, and punish those who violate the conventional norms;.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/measuring-left-wing-authoritarianism-in-america/
"Okay, and how many of you supported Trump winning the election?" The room was quiet as not a single hand was raised, followed by a few chuckles.
"Next, how many of you feel that liberals are safe walking across campus expressing their political views?" Every hand once again went into the air.
"And how many of you feel that conservatives are safe to walk around campus expressing their political views?" The room filled with laughter as nobody raised their hand.
There are many aspects to authoritarianism, but the unifying component is authority.
In an attempt to quantitatively measure authoritarianism, Theodor Adorno - one of the first psychologists in the field of political psychology - created the F-Scale in 1947, a questionnaire that would give individuals a self-reported number that correlates to how authoritarian his or her personality is.
Conventionalism, or how adherent one is to conventional, middle-class values; Authoritarian aggression, meaning the tendency to reject, condemn, and punish those who violate the conventional norms;.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/measuring-left-wing-authoritarianism-in-america/
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