Additional observations on the social perceptions of authoritarians and nonauthoritarians.
- 1 January 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
- Vol. 52 (1) , 92-95
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0046254
Abstract
The perceptions of authoritarians (highs) by other authoritarians and nonauthoritarians (lows) by other nonauthoritarians are investigated by placing 12 pairs of highs and 12 pairs of lows in a social situation and instructing them to discuss the neutral topics of radio, television, and the movies. Each S had previously responded to the F scale along with some buffer MMPI items. After the discussion was completed, each S was again given the questionnaire, but was instructed to respond to it as he felt his partner would answer it. The combined data of this, and a previous study show that highs tend to estimate peers as having high attitudes, whether these peers are high or low. The estimates by lows of peers are less uniform than those of highs. The social perceptions of highs appear to be influenced by a "same-stereotype" while those of lows by an "other-stereotype.".Keywords
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