Talk:The Authoritarian Personality
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[edit] Proposed merge
Does this need to be a separate article from the article on the concept of Authoritarian personality? What, if anything, can be said about the book itself that shouldn't be merged into the page on the concept? VoluntarySlave 21:57, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
- The fact that the book is discredited does not mean the end of political psychology. The original concept of the authoritarian personality is a dud though. Intangible 03:19, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
- Refer to my entry on Talk:Authoritarian_personality, the theory doesn't necessarily seem discredited, even if the methods in some cases were suspect (it's my understanding that the major criticisms of the methods were smaller criticisms). --MyOwnLittlWorld 00:17, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
- There are several problems with the "The Authoritarian personality". Firstly the F-scale as developed by Adorno et al is not corrected for aquiescent response styles. Anyone who answers yes to all the questions is a fascist. Secondly the underlying freudian/marxist analysis is rejected by many critics as unscientific. Thirdly, the personality trait that seems to be quantified by the F-scale is an "old fashioned" personality. If you do the test trying to answer like Herbert Hoover, you are a fascist. --- Tonganoxie Jim —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.60.163.16 (talk) 05:46, 13 February 2007 (UTC).
